Whatever streaming video service you pay for your stuck-at-home entertainment, you can expect to see it present the same thing eventually: a rate hike.The latest came Wednesday from Sling TV: New subscribers will pay $35 monthly for basic service, up from $30, with all subscribers getting 50 hours of digital video recording instead of 10. (A rate freeze protects existing customers through July.)That followed earlier hikes from Netflix (in October, its HD plan inched from $12.99 monthly to $13.99, with 4K ratcheting from $15.99 to $17.99), Google’s YouTube TV (in June, it spiked $15 to hit $64.99), Hulu + Live TV ($10 more in December to $64.99), and AT&T TV (January’s folding of AT&T TV Now into AT&T TV meant the two cheapest plans went from $55 and $80 to $69.99 and $84.99).Social media detox?: For many, ‘doomscrolling’ on Facebook and Twitter has bummed them out.Samsung Galaxy S21 smartphones: Will upgraded and cheaper Android get iPhone users to switch?Viola Davis starred as real-life Southern singer Gertrude “Ma” Rainey in Netflix’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (now streaming).But these streaming services don’t sock you surcharges like cable and satellite TV. Their rates don’t hide rent for reception hardware (often $10 and up,…
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Streaming video services like Netflix, Hulu and YouTube TV may raise their rates, but you can still …
