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Originally Posted by Fish
Typically YoutubeTV will require a location check every 3 months. I know there are certain triggers that cause that check to happen more often than that. But honestly I'm not 100% sure how that works.
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Thanks,
SOMETHING was definitely triggering it, so much so that between the first part of December 2024 and mid-March 2025 it happened so much that I became really annoyed with it to the point of cancellation. One night I was watching what I thought was my local NBC station and all of a sudden I realized I watching KY3 out of Springfield MO. I don't know HOW that happened. As I said, weird.
Also a word about location checks and due diligence. They aren't asking me anything. They just change it to ST Louis and don't tell me squat and if I left it be, as I said, it would be doing the OPPOSITE of what they're trying to do. That is, I would be watching locals, sports, etc, out of my geographic area. So I think they need to rethink this process. Because it's NOT accomplishing what they are intending.
Also I'm guessing someone might be thinking "Why don't you just change it or leave it alone, it's not that big of a deal." And that would be correct, after the first time I did it, it really became easy to change back to my locals using the app on my phone. I think I became overly annoyed with YTTV's customer service when they couldn't explain what/why this was happening. And outside of Chiefs football, the combination of Paramount Plus, Hulu, and Peacock, which I already have anyway regardless, gets me what I want to watch and saves me $83 a month. I've recently added Philo to pick up some cable channels that I miss so that cuts my savings to $55 a month.
Thanks.