Score another win for cable television as the streaming platform Hulu had a nightmare situation Thursday night during the Guardians’ ALCS Game 3 win over the Yankees.
Many fans rushed to social media during the fateful 10th inning to express dissatisfaction with the streaming giant owned by Disney as their live sports watching came to a shocking halt before David Fry’s two-run walk-off homer off Clay Holmes cut the Yankees’ series lead to 2-1.
“2 playoff baseball games, nfl, college football, and @hulu just stops f–king working. If this isn’t fixed in 2 minutes I’m switching to YouTube TV. This is a f–king joke and waste of money,” X account @crunkilton22 posted to X in a post that has 1,300 likes, as of Friday morning.
The disaster for the streaming platform is something out of a Buffalo Wild Wings commercial with the game going out just as it was was hitting its peak.
One X user and a Reddit Thread showed how some were already upset with Hulu Live TV, as the streaming platform had just increased their price $6 per user, upping the total cost of the network to $83.
It just so happened the price uptick happened on the same day as the service malfunction.
“The company is also raising prices at ESPN+, which will increase by $1 to 11.99 per month, and at Hulu With Live TV, which will rise by $6 per month to $82.99, which includes the ad tiers of Hulu and Disney+, and to $95.99 for the ad-free tiers,” The Hollywood Reporter wrote in August. “All the price hikes will be effective Oct. 17.”
Approaching the same cost as cable, its a big loss for the streaming fanatics as arguably the most important day to work effectively is when you’re asking for more of the working class’ money.
Thursday’s game proved to be a classic, although Yankees fans won’t remember it that way.
Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton went back-to-back to tie and then take the lead in the eighth inning before the Guardians rallied in the ninth to send the game to extra innings.
Fry’s two-run homer kept the Guardians’ World Series dream alive and puts pressure on the Yankees heading into Friday’s Game 4 with Luis Gil getting the start.