There was a time when subscribing to a streaming service was a way of saving money over a cable or satellite subscription. While that might have been true once, it seems like there's a new streaming service every few months. Along with new services, the existing streaming services keep raising their prices, and now it's often more expensive to pay for all those streaming platforms that an old-school cable service.
It can also lead to issues accessing the shows you want to watch, like the current contract dispute between YouTube TV and Disney. This has left subscribers scrambling to find a place to watch ESPN and ABCย — even though it should be part of their YouTube TV subscription.
New data from market research firm Park Associatesย estimates that the average streaming subscriber pays $109 per month for six services.
It seems like every month also brings new streaming price increases — in October, Disney Plus and Hulu raised pricesย and HBO Max bumped up the cost of all of its plans. Rather than keeping all of your streaming services and busting your budget, consider canceling the ones you aren't regularly watching.
Whether you're planning to scrap all of your streaming services and set up a Plex server or you just want to cancel one specific service, we have the info you need. Read on to learn all the details about how to cancel your subscriptions for the biggest streaming providers.
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First, find and manage your subscriptions
The first step in determining which streaming services to cancelย is remembering exactly which services you're paying for. After all, if you're borrowing your roommate's Netflix subscription, you won't need to worry about the bill at the end of the month.
Decluttering your digital life by canceling subscriptions you no longer need isn't always straightforward, and some services have more hoops to jump through than others….