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How to cancel every major video streaming service
Downsize your streaming spending, one service at a time
Streaming services started as less cluttered alternatives to cable TV. However, over the years, more and more streaming services have emerged, making for confusing decisions about which ones to keep and which ones to cancel. Adding to that, it's not always easy to cancel your subscriptions to these services, regardless of whether you watch them on your computer, phone, or a smart TV platform like Apple TV or Android TV box. The option is often tucked away in the account settings and may not be easily found. Here's how to cancel all the major video streaming services.
Netflix's cure for your insufferable indecision has now gone mobile
Play Something now supports Android devices
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Channel surfing has been a casualty of the switch from cable TV to Netflix or Hulu. Gone are the halcyon days of watching The Shawshank Redemption on TNT just because it's on. Stumbling on a cult classic or a forgotten hit on weekend afternoons might have been left in the past, but Netflix is making an effort to modernize the experience with its new "Play Something" button.
Google tells YouTube TV customers to spam Roku support
Carriage disputes always leave viewers in the lurch
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Television has evolved a lot over the last decade, but there's one thing that has outlived the decline of cable: carriage disputes. YouTube TV might not be a "traditional" cable service, but it's still susceptible to the same issues that every distributor has faced. Today, Roku is warning users that YouTube TV could be dropped from its devices in the coming days should Google continue to pursue its new contract.
With displays getting bigger, watching shows and movies on smartphones has become increasingly popular in recent years. This and the fact that we've always got a smartphone in our hands hasn't gone unnoticed by streaming services — heck, we even had an ill-fated smartphone-only streaming service. In an effort to increase accessibility, Amazon Prime Video is offering a mobile-only subscription tier in India.
Are you still watching? Netflix starts asking if you'd like to cancel that dormant account
Now if only it didn't cancel your favorite shows
Netflix is one of the most popular streaming services in the world, and though the company is over two decades old, it's still adding new features at a steady pace. In April, improved parental controls and profile PIN locks were introduced. Today, the streaming service announced it will be sending out emails to inactive subscribers and will cancel the account if they don't reply.