Rikkitic:

 

We dropped Sky at the time of the change-over to the ‘new’ Sky box decoders. Our old analogue Pace decoder was WAY out of date but we liked it. I had it set up with all kinds of customisations to go with multiple device switching through the Harmony remote. By that time we were also streaming a lot and had generally had enough of Sky’s high prices, endless promos, poor content, and general attitude and manner of doing business, but we decided to keep Sky until the decoder stopped working for the few channels we actually watched, like History and Arts. We weren’t hugely bothered by the Pace resolution and hung onto it long after nearly everyone else in the country had switched.

 

Finally I received a call from someone at Sky wondering why we hadn’t taken advantage of their wonderful free Sky box switch-over yet. She emphasised that the decoder would soon cease working and urged us to make the change as soon as possible. I told her we had decided to drop Sky when the Pace stopped working and until then we were happy with it. She fell silent. After a few moments she said she didn’t know what to say. She was at a complete loss for words. She couldn’t find anything in her script to cover the situation. After a little more awkwardness, she thanked me for listening and we wished each other a good day. A short time later we returned the decoder. We never heard another thing from Sky.

 

 

 

It's all down to what content you enjoy watching. The curated content in channels is far better than the way Netflix/Disney does it. They have sports which is important to a huge segment of the population. It's relatively cost effective and is a polished product that 'just works'. If you have the time and inclination then you can find most of that content on other platforms, but I'd suggest that isn't a part section of the population.

Don't assume that because it doesn't appeal to you, it doesn't have value.