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<v Speaker 1>It's Thursday, so it means it's time for tech talk.

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<v Speaker 1>I could do it with my mouth if you'd like.

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<v Speaker 1>It's time for tech talk. Mark Saltzman joins us. Mark,

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<v Speaker 1>of course, is the host of the techt Out podcast Machines.

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<v Speaker 2>Are Getting Smarter. This is tech talk. There you go

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<v Speaker 2>to you my sky net are Hey, is it someone's

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<v Speaker 2>birthday today? It is? Hey, happy twenty ninth dear.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, thank you Mark, you remembered.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, of course.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, we've we all spend probably way too much money

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<v Speaker 1>on streaming services because we lose track of which accounts

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<v Speaker 1>we have and which ones we signed up for, or

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<v Speaker 1>we signed up for the free and then didn't cancel

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<v Speaker 1>when they started charging us. How do we how do

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<v Speaker 1>we trim back some of our streaming costs?

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<v Speaker 2>Right? Well, ironically, cord cutters were looking to save money

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of years ago by canceling their cable and

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<v Speaker 2>signing up for streaming services. But now it can cost

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<v Speaker 2>you more for streaming services. There's so many, and you

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<v Speaker 2>know that they keep going up in price or they

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<v Speaker 2>want more money to get rid of ads. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I wrote an article on five things you can do

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<v Speaker 2>to lower your costs with streaming services. Some are kind

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<v Speaker 2>of no brainers, others might be a little hack if

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<v Speaker 2>you will. The first thing is to consider a lower tier.

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<v Speaker 2>For example, Netflix Premium is as much as twenty five

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<v Speaker 2>dollars now, and that lets you watch in four K

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<v Speaker 2>quality and on multiple devices and all that kind of stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>But for seven ninety nine, so less than a third

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<v Speaker 2>of that, you can go with what's called the standard

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<v Speaker 2>with ads plan if you really don't mind ads here

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<v Speaker 2>and there. They're shorter and less frequent than cable TV ads,

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<v Speaker 2>but there's ads nonetheless, But for under eight bucks a month,

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<v Speaker 2>you may opt for that, and that's most of the

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<v Speaker 2>same content as well, including games if you like those

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<v Speaker 2>Netflix games, which are getting kind of popular. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>just consider a lower tier or a service that charges less. Generally,

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<v Speaker 2>Apple TV, which I think has really high quality content,

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<v Speaker 2>may not have the selection of a Netflix or Amazon

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<v Speaker 2>Prime Video, but really good quality. That's like under ten

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<v Speaker 2>bucks a month, and that's with no ads, so you know,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe be a bit selective. The second thing is to

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<v Speaker 2>take advantage of any promos or bundles that you may

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<v Speaker 2>hear about with your mobile carrier. I know T Mobile

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<v Speaker 2>offers some discounts on services like Apple TV, Door Dash

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<v Speaker 2>I think with their Dash pass plan, which is like

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<v Speaker 2>an annual thing, they'llt a for Hbo Max for you,

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<v Speaker 2>which is good. So just do your homework. Just go

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<v Speaker 2>online and look for any deals or ask the company

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<v Speaker 2>like your bank, your mobile phone provider if they offer

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<v Speaker 2>any discounts or freebs with streaming services. Chances are they do.

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<v Speaker 2>There's some really good ones out there. Another one is

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<v Speaker 2>so generally, if you really like a service, when you

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<v Speaker 2>pay annually, you do save compared to paying monthly. But

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<v Speaker 2>why not pay by month binge what you want to watch, Like,

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<v Speaker 2>make a list and binge that and then cancel it

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<v Speaker 2>after a month or even okay, even if it's two months,

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<v Speaker 2>it's still going to be less than a year. If

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<v Speaker 2>you're finding that you're not watching anything on I don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>Disney Plus, for example, then maybe it's time to cut

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<v Speaker 2>that as well and just go month by month. And

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<v Speaker 2>on that note, another tip is to split the service

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<v Speaker 2>with your good friends, like maybe you will subscribe to

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<v Speaker 2>Netflix and your best stee will go with Apple TV

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<v Speaker 2>and just go to each other's home. You know, sharing

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<v Speaker 2>is scaring and just binge things together on somebody else's account.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, you're watching more watching the same stuff anyway.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, right, it's fun. There's ways you can do

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<v Speaker 2>it remotely, but I think it's more fun to just

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<v Speaker 2>you know, cut along a couch with a bowl of

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<v Speaker 2>popcorn and take advantage of each other's service. You both

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<v Speaker 2>don't need it, if you if you think about it, right,

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<v Speaker 2>if you're willing to share with a good friend or

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<v Speaker 2>a partner that doesn't live with it.

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<v Speaker 3>Gary, this is this is why I keep trying to.

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<v Speaker 2>You guys should do it.

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<v Speaker 3>Hancel my subscriptions, and then we can watch TV together

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<v Speaker 3>all afternoon, every.

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<v Speaker 2>Afternoon, because that's that's exactly what you want to do

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<v Speaker 2>after spending all day together.

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<v Speaker 4>It's an all night.

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<v Speaker 2>Together, right, Okay. The last tip is as the no brainer,

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<v Speaker 2>which is consider free services like Pluto TV to be

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<v Speaker 2>You're not going to get like the best the latest

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<v Speaker 2>Hollywood blockbusters or the TV shows that everybody's buzzing about

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<v Speaker 2>at the office water cooler, but there's a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>good content. Pluto TV has not just on demand shows

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<v Speaker 2>and movies, but live channels with an on screen guide.

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<v Speaker 2>There's even like for for those of my age, unlike Shannon.

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<v Speaker 2>They're even like there's classic TV channels like the Three's

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<v Speaker 2>Company Channel, right like it's it's great, like these retro

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<v Speaker 2>shows the Mass Channel and it just plays live TV

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<v Speaker 2>one episode after another with ads, but freeze free. So

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<v Speaker 2>those are a few suggestions.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, that was the one complaint I have.

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<v Speaker 1>We have Hulu, I believe, with commercials, and as I'm

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<v Speaker 1>trying to make my way through the Bear, this season

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<v Speaker 1>of The Bear got to stop every five or ten

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<v Speaker 1>minutes and listen. I know kids these days don't know

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<v Speaker 1>what commercials are, but that's what commercials are, and you

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<v Speaker 1>gotta you know, you mute it or whatever. You can't

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<v Speaker 1>fast forward it. It's just it's one of the annoyances

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<v Speaker 1>that I thought we were pasted in this world of technology.

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<v Speaker 2>It is annoying. There is a no ads option that

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<v Speaker 2>costs more. Same with me. I was watching, so I

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<v Speaker 2>to me, a no brainer is Amazon Prime, which is

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<v Speaker 2>the service that gives you free shipping on millions of items,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, all the things that you get for Amazon Prime.

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<v Speaker 2>But with Amazon Prime Video, they started adding ads again.

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<v Speaker 2>So now they're like, well, if you pay an extra

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<v Speaker 2>three bucks a month, we'll remove the ads. But I

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<v Speaker 2>still find they are less frequent but annoying nonetheless because

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<v Speaker 2>you are paying for that streaming service. But yeah, there

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<v Speaker 2>are options for no ads. But you just got to

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<v Speaker 2>cough up a bit more.

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<v Speaker 1>Well what are you going to do to celebrate our

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<v Speaker 1>Independence Day?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, we had ours July versus Canada Day, so we

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<v Speaker 2>already did that earlier. I'm just going to enjoy a

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<v Speaker 2>much quieter inbox because most of my work is us facing.

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<v Speaker 2>If you will, Oh, I wanted to just give a

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<v Speaker 2>quick shout out Gary. You may remember last week you

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<v Speaker 2>allowed me to plug a contest for my tech it

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<v Speaker 2>Out Podcasters episode four hundred. The winner, by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>is a KFI fan. Oh great. It was a randomly

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<v Speaker 2>named out of one hundred and forty three entries. Her

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<v Speaker 2>name is Janelle Bautista and she's in is it Tustin,

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<v Speaker 2>Orange County? Tustin? Is that my saying it right? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 4>Absolutely so.

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<v Speaker 2>She was randomly chosen by I use this website calculator

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<v Speaker 2>net It's got a random number generator. She won this

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<v Speaker 2>Asus laptop for being just for listening to the show.

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<v Speaker 2>But she did give you guys a plug in her

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<v Speaker 2>I think it was an Instagram tag. People just had

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<v Speaker 2>to use the hashtag tech it out. So congratsitude Janelle.

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<v Speaker 2>She's listening right now.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh that's awesome, and thanks for giving that away.

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<v Speaker 3>It was July first, eighteen sixty seven that Canada became

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<v Speaker 3>a country. It was in eighteen sixty seven that four

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<v Speaker 3>of Great Britain's North American colonies joined together as a

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<v Speaker 3>new country. Mark, how do you celebrate Canada Day?

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<v Speaker 2>It's similar to you guys. We have fireworks and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>cookouts or barbecues. We just it was kind of low

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<v Speaker 2>key for us this year. We went to a friend's

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<v Speaker 2>place for a swim in a hot tub and just

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of drinks and yeah, just grilling up some food.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's similar, yeah, similar to what you guys do.

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<v Speaker 3>You didn't go to Ottawa to go to Parliament Hill.

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<v Speaker 2>I did not. I did not go to Ottawa with

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<v Speaker 2>Ryan Reynolds and Mike Myers and uh yeah, I have

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<v Speaker 2>some poutine if you know what that is. Yeah, you

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<v Speaker 2>know what it's. Yeah, fries with the cheese curds and gravy.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh No, we did not go to Ottawa. But it's

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<v Speaker 2>only a three four hour drive from where I live actually,

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<v Speaker 2>so not so far well.

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<v Speaker 4>Thanks Happy Canada, Happy late Canada.

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<v Speaker 2>Today, Thank you, and happy fourth in July to you

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<v Speaker 2>and your listeners.

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<v Speaker 1>Mark, thank you, It was always Mark Saltzman. Make sure

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<v Speaker 1>you follow Mark on Twitter or x M a r C.

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<v Speaker 1>Underscore Saltsman. Mark Saltzman great for checking out podcast, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>and the great tech tips that he throws up on there.