The Hulu App Is Vanishing and Streaming’s Final Bosses Arrive August 21
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For years, the public — strangled by an $80(ish)-a-month cable subscription with 110 channels but only 10 we actually watched — begged for à la carte options. And now they’re here! We got what we wished for. Damnit . Now we can buy 10 different apps ranging from $6 to $22 each and still end up on YouTube, where some of us pay another $10 a month just to avoid ads for shows on those other streaming services we pay to subscribe to.
And now the big one has finally arrived: ESPN’s standalone app launches on August 21. It’ll cost $30 a month and include all ESPN programming — college football, NFL, and Pat McAfee — that has kept millions tethered to their cable boxes. There will also be pl