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YouTube TV: Live TV & more
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Top complaints - extracted from 55 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"watch"
12 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★★ "this platform is terrible. the whole point is to be able to watch TV on the go. you are not an alternative to box cable. not even close. get it together." - Brian Nowotny
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"youtube"
9 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "YouTube TV is the biggest waste of money for streaming television that I have come across so far for nearly 90 a month it is seriously lacking in content I would suggest for people to use sling it's way cheaper and got just as much or more …" - John Hart
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"cable"
6 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "this platform is terrible. the whole point is to be able to watch TV on the go. you are not an alternative to box cable. not even close. get it together." - Brian Nowotny
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bad overcharged to 124 dont subscribe
this platform is terrible. the whole point is to be able to watch TV on the go. you are not an alternative to box cable. not even close. get it together.
unwatchable. The frequency and amount of ads watching Toy Story 3 was ridiculous. Seriously unwatchable especially for my kids.
It sucks
great
YouTube TV is the biggest waste of money for streaming television that I have come across so far for nearly 90 a month it is seriously lacking in content I would suggest for people to use sling it's way cheaper and got just as much or more content
all about the money.
doesn't let me watch anything because I'm not in my home area but I'm in my home area.
doesn't work, only exists to get personal information
To expensive get Philo and Tubi with local digital TV channel please don't waste your money YouTube TV is a rip off just as bad as cable
Will not refund my money even though I tried cancelling the service several times.
You tube TV Cost way too much! Yes, you get a lot of channels but there is Nothing on! last month for me!
I use YouTube TV to watch the NBA, the NFL and some other specific things, but they want to sign me into a price subscription with 1000 programs and channels I'm never going to watch. Charge me for what I actually consume (no filler BS nobody wants), I'll pay happily and this review will be updated to 5 stars.
you have to pay for it and watch ads not worth it
Will not open
Great job spoiling world cup results by posting the score. In what world is someone WANTING you to show them the score of a game they are about to watch? If they wanted the score, they would Google it. If they're trying to watch, THEY DONT WANT THE SCORE. This is the most moronic design.
White screen every time I open it and the first screen to sign in is barely noticeable. Horrible pricing. Would put 0 stars if I could. And yes, I did uninstall, reinstall and deleted cache.
Este lo usa otro por mi
when I sign in the app shows black screen and doesn't work at all
cant turn off stupid closed caption. very difficult to manuever
The akip ahead 15 sec button has been broken for months. it has become much worse the latest release. Skipping ahead randomly jumps to another location in the recording. unusable. Beta test you garbage.
Cancel any and all Utube subscriptions
Works great for TV service. However, after sharing a profile with my son (same name as me, but different email) it changed ALL my RCS Chats to show aunt, or uncle addressing my siblings???? I was a little puzzled at first, but figured out why my chat names changed. I cancelled the subscription and problem was solved. I refuse to pay for a service that creates problems and frustrations I did not have before.
difficult with the location settings to watch sports, even if you add the entertainment package on Paramount Plus you still can't watch the white house fight live which is straight trash
On sports events, which is my primary watching YoutubeTV, it is not uncommon to lose connection during the prime time of the broadcast. for those who can get cable I would NOT switch to YoutubeTV where you will most likely lose broadcast.
Too expensive! All commercials!
Here lately its been buffering alot and freezing up when playing ads during a long mix
Horrible streaming ability on mobile devices, constant freezing and locking up. Do not recommend
I paid for YouTube TV and they did not give me service for over 4 days because they simply could not post payment on the day that I purchased it. This is such a basic failure that I do not have time to babysit. It eroded my confidence in using any of their other services due to their incompetence.
Learned my lesson. Pirate everything. Always.
ridiculously priced
you can't undo the zip code, the free trial is too short, and the payment is too high
I am unable to enter the app at times , I use the app to watch the world cup and the app not working at key moments is not good.
according to the app I am 2 hours and 43 minutes east of my actual location And apparently you can only change your location twice a year and even when attempting to input my ZIP code it still won't let me change to my area so now I'm forced to watch channels from 2 hours and 43 minutes away from me 85 dollars a month I think not YouTube messing things up again it's all they do
s26 ultra every time I switch channels, it flashes black every now and then
App was showing blank screen after signed in with Google.
We are back to cable at this point
Ear bud controls stopped working - I can control music through touching my ear buds on my music apps and used to be able with YouTube TV but it recently stopped listening to the controls. this needs fixed 6mo later, still no fix. I expect more from Google/YouTube.
Does anyone else HATE that everyone in your family group can see what you're watching now?!?!? It started with YouTube and now it's on YouTube TV!!!! The whole point of a family plan is so everyone can have their PERSONAL account. If I wanted everyone to see what I was watching I wouldn't have set up family members. 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
For some reason, movies frequently just stop playing on my Nest Hub Max, and it takes several minutes for them to resume. Asking "hey Google, go back 30 seconds" causes the film to restart from the beginning. Asking Google to "play TCM", for example, just results in a black screen or a screen that never loads and plays. Such an inexcusable decline in quality in recent months. Never used to have these problems.
YouTube only recommendeds Tyler Perry and RuPaul shows to me. Racism? I never watch anything from them! You have to scroll to the bottom just to look at specific channels you are paying for. ADS, ADS, ADS, ADS, AND MORE ADS FOR $85 A MONTH. Never again.
doesnt work when trying to broadcast to tv
I don't want to watch the weather during the NBA playoffs smh
This is the worst app I've ever used. It CONSTANTLY freezes up, even when I'm standing next to the wifi router. About fifty percent of the times it resets to the beginning of the program. It often randomly switches programs without any prompt. The app on my TV works fine, only the mobile app is garbage. Pure garbage! It is impossible to try streaming for more than two or three minutes without the app freezing up. NONE of the other streaming apps on my phone do this. Only YouTube TV. The worst!!
so many ads that it isn't worth it
ok content way overpriced
I'm not sure why no one is reading my review, and fixing the problems I have been sending you, but the longer it messes up, the more I'm going to somewhere else.
massive lag and sync issues last few weeks, no response from Google support when sent feedback, way to expensive for this poor performance. happening on my apple devices also
didnt like it makes me feel like its a scamer app cause I haven't ever used it
Ads are ridiculous! Binge watching a recorded series means you watch the same 4-5 ads over and over! NO fast-forwarding commercials. Pausing and returning later rarely returns to where you stopped....most times the wrong episode-fast forwarding goes from ads each time you stop to see where you left off. Local sports being blocked is FRUSTRATING. 2 stars because it's cheaper than cable.
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Sentiment summary
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Positive (4-5★)
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