Sadly that’s the reality of TV services. Internet streaming services have held off for a long while considering the space was pretty open for them to offer low price points but now with more and more people switching over broadcasters are gonna demand more money like they already do with cable/satelites

***with more and more people switching over broadcasters are gonna demand more money like they already do with cable/satelites***

Eh, the reason they're asking for more and more is to push people to use their own streaming services now. CBS All Access, NBC, etc. It's the primetime companies that are causing the majority of headaches in the streaming arena as they refocus on creating their own services rather than focusing on creating new and better programming that can be offered for premium prices to established streaming services.

This is the 3rd time they’ve raised it though.

It wasn't when I got it. It was actually the cheapest. But I just saw Youtube TV which is actually extremely cheap. But I swear it's hard to keep up with all these streaming TV services, it seems someone is suggesting a new a different one every day.

Vue was $20 when it launched. It shot up to $35 at 5 buck every few months... I was suckered in because I was getting "free upgrades" to the Elite package until it hit $45. I was only getting the same shows and channels over and over again so I finally tapped out. I have Netflix and Prime which is more than I need. Netflix gets better daily.

If I remember correctly it started from 35 and 45, And it was more expensive than the others but it also offered more than the rest including local channels, live “cable” plus streaming capabilities (If that makes sense) and recording option. It was always more expensive but at the time I was investigating, it didn’t have equals if you were looking to get something with cable-like service and a very useful search system. Since then all services have gone through so many changes that I don5 think anyone can keep track. Fo4 example at the time no other service had recording capabilities. Now they all do. I can’t attest as to what Vue is like now as I couldn’t keep the service because I really needed the Tennis channel for my dad. At that time Vue was totally worth it because you were getting cable + streaming (something no one else was offering) and a top notch interface.

Streaming TV isn't really about getting money from user subscriptions. It's about getting money from smart advertising (or targeted ads.).

Companies pay a lot of money to put an ad on TV without any guarantee how many people will see it and how many people will connect with it (dumb advertising). With streaming services though they can make sure the ad gets to people who actually care about it. And they can directly measure the effectiveness of the ad. That's worth way more to a company and so they're willing to pay way more