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AT&T, which has practically doubled the rates for the service that used to be called DirecTV Now (now AT&T Now and starting at $65 monthly) has reported losses in its quarterly results, and now has just over 800,000 subscribers. Disney, which is the majority owner of Hulu, hasn't broken out the numbers for its Hulu with Live TV streaming alternative, but Cord Cutters News says the number tops 3 million. Sling TV, the most affordable of the cable streamers, starting at $30 monthly, has 2.6 million subscribers. Google just reported that its YouTube TV now has 2 million subscribers paying $50 monthly.

But now, with the abundance of cheap tools to bring the Internet to TV – like via Amazon and Roku streaming sticks, which can be had for as little as $20 – online entertainment is mainstream. Initially, cord-cutters connected their laptops to a TV and went DIY style. Sunday is National Cutting the Cord Day (a made-up holiday invented by the folks at Sling TV, but that's OK, we'll play along), so perhaps it's time to look at life without a cable box or hard to understand remote.
