Fubo being Fubo

For the last few years, Fubo TV has been the leader in streaming sports programming. No, they don't have everything, but they have more sports overall than any other live streaming service.

Recently, they added Bally Regional Sports Networks -- just in time for Bally to be ready to declare bankruptcy -- filling a huge gap in their sports coverage. They also did something recently that isn't so great.

Right before the Super Bowl, Fubo TV stopped monthly subscriptions, and offered only quarterly subscription plans. Now, after the Super Bowl, they offer monthly subscriptions again.

Why?

Money. It's always money.

The TV Answer Man, Phillip Swann, explains.

It would appear FuboTV has some concerns about people signing up for one month and then canceling soon after the Super Bowl, although it still permits a 7-day free trial. (Fubo also sends reminder e-mails before the 7-day free trial ends.)

A FuboTV spokesperson noted last Friday that the quarterly-only packages were "temporary."

"We have temporarily made our channel packages available to new subscribers as quarterly plans. We're always experimenting with our channel package offerings to better understand what our subscribers like," a FuboTV spokesperson told the TV Answer Man.

They do have a valid concern regarding the 7-day trial being used only for the Super Bowl. Of course, the Super Bowl was offered free on other apps, so nobody had to use Fubo TV to watch the Super Bowl.

If someone did use the 7-day trial, and then forgot to cancel, they'd pay for three months. Another option would have been to have removed the 7-day trial. After all, not all services offer the 7-day trial. Some require you to subscribe for a month with no free trial.

I suppose no matter what Fubo TV did, they'd get complaints from people like me. Of course, they could have done nothing, and left things as they were. But where's the money in that.

To be clear, I don't have any problem with companies getting money for their goods and services. But I don't have a problem with people legally saving money, either. But this does go to show you that you have to keep a watch on things in your Streaming Life, just as you do in all aspects of life.