$100 for cellphone from one of the major carriers. Yes, there are bargains out there but there are also reasons to go with the majors.

Personally, I dropped cable a few years ago but I just don't watch live TV now. If you're going to get something like YouTubeTV you're not saving that much over cable TV. (And I assume the person is also paying for Internet.) And the fact is that someone like my dad is not messing around with streaming TV.

Streaming TV is a different experience than cable but it's not THAT hard. I push one power button and my TV, soundbar and streaming device power up. That same button shuts everything down when I'm done watching. If they ever get out of sync, pressing the home button forces things back in sync.

The interface for YoutubeTV looks an awful lot like the interface for a cable guide. There's a small learning curve but it can't take more than 15 minutes to understand 90% of what you'd ever want to do.

$73 a month all in is a heck of a lot less than the $90 plus taxes and fees + cable box rental fees (per tv) plus sport network and local network carriage fees, DVR fees, etc. Last time I looked, I couldn't get 2 TVs with an equivalent package for less than $140 from my cable company and that included a contract and the need to renegotiate every 12-24 months.

I think you made my point for me. Look, my dad, who is otherwise quite sharp, still doesn't really grok the difference between text messages and email even though I have to go through this every few months, most recently this morning. He doesn't know and doesn't want to know anything more complicated than turning on the TV and changing the channel.