We cut the cord in December 2018. I took our box back to Spectrum in the city 40 minutes away. We existed for a period on normal Hulu, Netflix, and our Prime account. Eventually my wife wanted shows she was seeing in ads. I bought a Walmart HD antenna that received nothing. Later I was having some network cabling work done in the house and the gent doing that work also installed OTA antennas for cord cutters. He looked at my home and our rural location, entered data into his phone and concluded that we'd receive only one channel OTA (pbs) via his install. If he climbed to the 2nd story roof and erected a larger array, I might get a few additional channels.
The cost was also through the roof. So I declined. As we approached summer of 2019, my wife asked for PS Vue. I researched and they had their June sale. We subscribed. I realized once the promotion was over, we were paying more for Vue than I had been previously paying for a normal box cable. So I quit Vue and as I did it subsequently also went up in price, so I was glad I got out.
We existed a short while again on standard Hulu, Netflix, and Prime. When Fall arrived last year, my 12yo daughter realized she was missing Halloween Wars and we realized we were missing Expedition Unknown and Kindred Spirits. I threw in the towel. I called Spectrum back to see what they might have for returning cord cutters. They quoted me a price that was hard to say no to. I acknowledge it is only for 1 year, but upon return to the normal price, it will still be cheaper than the PS Vue would have been. I drove the 40 minutes back to town and picked up the box.
I cut hulu and netflix, but picked up
Disney+ on the 3 year deal. I still have Prime. I think I'm doing ok. My wife's happy again. So I guess that must count for something!