LUKE THOMAS: ESPN+ Is THE WORST Streaming Service in SPORTS

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Luke Thomas: After YEARS of frustration TRYING to watch UFC and boxing events on ESPN+ as a customer, I've had enough. UFC 301 was not only completely inaccessible, but so might any future pay-per-view event if ESPN doesn't do something to fix a service that balance sheets, consumer surveys and a mountain of anecdotal evidence shows is completely BROKEN.
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  • @HD-fc4ds
    @HD-fc4dsАй бұрын

    Funny how bootleg web sites have better software than Espn. Its literally 2 clicks to watch anything.

  • @ryanodonnell455

    @ryanodonnell455

    Ай бұрын

    Crackstreams crashes and the chat is super racist but it really does work WAY BETTER then espn+

  • @gabdex83

    @gabdex83

    Ай бұрын

    Have not paid for a UFC pay per view since 2004

  • @bombzomb4957

    @bombzomb4957

    Ай бұрын

    Yeah piracy is a service problem not a money problem. People who pirate in the first place the ufc will never have those customers but their bad ppv service drives their paying customers to use piracy because it provides a better viewing experience than the legitimate one.

  • @suciooo

    @suciooo

    Ай бұрын

    Actually it's 3 clicks, play, back, play😊

  • @funonvancouverisland

    @funonvancouverisland

    Ай бұрын

    Which site? Not as easy as it used to be

  • @peybak
    @peybakАй бұрын

    Please, bring back "Luke Thomas is Pissed"

  • @tgwnn

    @tgwnn

    Ай бұрын

    ESPN+ is terrible. It's not yellow-mustar-level terrible, but it's up there

  • @T2revell

    @T2revell

    Ай бұрын

    They ain’t ready for that lol

  • @BrandonMaldonado-tm4pz

    @BrandonMaldonado-tm4pz

    Ай бұрын

    Preach, we love directed Luke rants.

  • @pabsts____3964

    @pabsts____3964

    Ай бұрын

    LTIP was everything the internet was created for!!

  • @PremiumPIus

    @PremiumPIus

    Ай бұрын

    @@tgwnn Yellow mustard at least has a place on a ballpark or street vendor hotdog if that's all they have. What I'm trying to say is that yellow mustard, despite being yellow viscous vinegar still has a use. ESPN+ however is just useless dogshit any way you slice it.

  • @ngz1123
    @ngz1123Ай бұрын

    I unsubscribed from ESPN+ last week and my viewing experience has actually improved

  • @RobertoRomero-yr3id

    @RobertoRomero-yr3id

    Ай бұрын

    Started initially at $4.99 a month, now it’s up to $10.99 a month 🤡

  • @KrikZ32

    @KrikZ32

    Ай бұрын

    Yeah the final straw for me was when I was in a stream chat but watching espn+ for the prelims, and I had commercials when they didn't.

  • @johnny10grasp3

    @johnny10grasp3

    Ай бұрын

    I unsubscribed but I'm back on it. ESPN+ really sucks but at least I can watch fights at leisure. I had "fight pass" but it went up to $15. They're crazy.

  • @PoyTroy

    @PoyTroy

    19 күн бұрын

    I’m about too. It’s getting worse, and they keep going up in price 🙄

  • @18U.S.C.242

    @18U.S.C.242

    19 күн бұрын

    @@PoyTroy You're about too? Your high school called wanting your diploma back!

  • @kjhman
    @kjhmanАй бұрын

    I hate that ESPN plus app. Buffering. Lagging. Always issues rewinding and fast forwarding.

  • @franklimper2677

    @franklimper2677

    18 күн бұрын

    Mine does it when the main event starts

  • @Tac0maAr0ma
    @Tac0maAr0maАй бұрын

    Being 100% honest here.. I’ve never been able to watch a single event from start to finish using ESPN+ without one of two things happening.. 1) stream will load, be fine for maybe five minutes, then buffer and change to the lowest viewing quality imaginable until I close and restart it then will just repeat the cycle.. 2) it just won’t work at all and will give me the spinning loading wheel on a black screen until I give up..

  • @kingcrustytut7544

    @kingcrustytut7544

    Ай бұрын

    Yup it’s so bad, it makes you not wanna pay them for it. Also, the same ad running FOR ESPN+ on espn+ is so annoying

  • @SmoothD421

    @SmoothD421

    Ай бұрын

    Here I was, thinking I was the only one

  • @gods_lonely_man

    @gods_lonely_man

    Ай бұрын

    Yup, I was gonna write something similar, but you summed it up nicely. I'm legit shocked these issues are still going on. I canceled my subscription years ago.

  • @zacknunns242

    @zacknunns242

    Ай бұрын

    God forbid you fast forward 10 seconds

  • @crosskunx

    @crosskunx

    Ай бұрын

    I know for a fact that ESPN+ is a CRAZY system resource Hog. Sounds like your computer can't handle it. It crashes for me all the time and i get a message from my browser saying it crashed because of too much load on system resources. I have a m2 pro Macbook pro 16gb for refence. I can edit 4k videos but can't run espn+ without it crashing

  • @LukeThomas
    @LukeThomasАй бұрын

    Have YOU ever had an issue with that pile of crap ESPN+? Let us know in the comments below

  • @megamanxhunter

    @megamanxhunter

    Ай бұрын

    Well, Luke, Thank god it's not available outside North America.

  • @tomgunn

    @tomgunn

    Ай бұрын

    Yeah I've had my fair share of issues. Your issue sounds simple. You just have to sign out then sign back in

  • @GamesUlove-lc4md

    @GamesUlove-lc4md

    Ай бұрын

    Dazn is the worst by far

  • @joewierzbicki6405

    @joewierzbicki6405

    Ай бұрын

    Many different issues on many occasions. They stuck for sure

  • @spiderjericho

    @spiderjericho

    Ай бұрын

    The application crashes on my IOS devices constantly. A stark contrast to Disney+. Almost a tale of two cities.

  • @lakesification
    @lakesificationАй бұрын

    Those fucking commercials! Let us watch the corner and walk outs for christ sakes. The corner adds a tone to the experience for me. I can't believe more ppl don't talk about this. ESPN + is ruining the UFC for me.

  • @marvolovesgod385

    @marvolovesgod385

    23 күн бұрын

    Jesus Christ loves you so much and died for your sins💙❤

  • @pekerhed101

    @pekerhed101

    20 күн бұрын

    Ontop of that, it's the same 2 commercials on repeat throughout the entire event. Uggggggggggh.

  • @johnathancarlton6710

    @johnathancarlton6710

    18 күн бұрын

    Wait, what? There's commercials on ESPN+ PPV? Ermahgawd LMFAO. Thats why I now watch oneFC and Rizin instead of UFC.

  • @Acordionista509

    @Acordionista509

    15 күн бұрын

    Any ppv should be ad free, we already paid for crying out loud.

  • @PlurLife765

    @PlurLife765

    15 күн бұрын

    It's always the same disney+ commercial

  • @sedaw3261
    @sedaw326125 күн бұрын

    ESPN: Complains about pirating Also ESPN: Makes it impossible to watch PPVs legally

  • @jasoncorey
    @jasoncoreyАй бұрын

    Pay $80 for a PPV and feed freezes or comes in very low quality. Extremely slow to load. Forced to pay for a service I don't even want to then pay for a PPV.

  • @starseeddeluxe

    @starseeddeluxe

    Ай бұрын

    I've switched to listening to live "Play by Play" coverage of the fights. Because it's free, and some of these KZread productions are more fun than an actual UFC event. MMA Holes channel has the best live fight coverage, and their product is more polished and better looking than the UFC product. T-Bone MMA channel, is also better than the UFC product. T-Bone is a military man, and he does outstanding fight coverage. It's difficult to pay $80 when these channels have such a good production. I don't care if I miss the actual fight, because Anik and Rogan are not particularly fun to listen to.

  • @krislewis7705

    @krislewis7705

    Ай бұрын

    This was my experience as well when I purchased UFC300 and added ESPN + for the 1st time. Why would someone pay so much money for the quality of a pirated stream?

  • @Ricky-yf1ru

    @Ricky-yf1ru

    Ай бұрын

    Why do you Americans continue paying for ppv events if the stream never works? 😂😂😂

  • @acecool72

    @acecool72

    29 күн бұрын

    I no longer buy them I go to the local movie theater and I pay about 30 dollars

  • @Greasytrader

    @Greasytrader

    28 күн бұрын

    Request a refund. You’ll get it.

  • @FelixIakhos
    @FelixIakhosАй бұрын

    This must have been a very cathartic video to make.

  • @rusekitten745
    @rusekitten745Ай бұрын

    Paid for PPV. Wouldn't even let me watch, says I need to "purchase" click on purchase. "You've already purchased". Just went to bed at that point.

  • @villain1813
    @villain181319 күн бұрын

    The commercials! Its the same 3 commercials for like 3-4 hours.

  • @derekwilliams4996
    @derekwilliams4996Ай бұрын

    Luke Thomas is pissed!

  • @Juan-gz9wt

    @Juan-gz9wt

    Ай бұрын

    A return to form!

  • @PlayFloyd_IN

    @PlayFloyd_IN

    Ай бұрын

    Perhaps the old series could return as a monthly segment in the live chat, Luke?

  • @thatindiandude4602
    @thatindiandude4602Ай бұрын

    Damn. Luke is never working in an ESPN program.

  • @Day-ZDuke

    @Day-ZDuke

    Ай бұрын

    Eh, that was never gonna happen regardless. Luke isn’t exactly the “corporate” type in the sense of what ESPN would be looking for, a la Brett Okamoto & Marc Raimondi

  • @drag0..

    @drag0..

    Ай бұрын

    He checks the leftist/ progressive box at least

  • @milkweedreflections

    @milkweedreflections

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@drag0.. Luke has some out there political opinions, but I definitely wouldn't call him a leftist, lol

  • @ryannath85

    @ryannath85

    Ай бұрын

    @@milkweedreflections If you talk to Europeans they will tell you that there is no leftist political party or movement in North America.

  • @thatindiandude4602

    @thatindiandude4602

    Ай бұрын

    @@drag0.. Thats the irony of it really, in progressive circles his opinions would be considered Centre left at best. Its just in the MMA space he is considered Stalin adjacent.

  • @RichardSchefren
    @RichardSchefrenАй бұрын

    Luke - you aren’t alone. ESPN platform is the worst of the bunch

  • @dylanwarren3098
    @dylanwarren3098Ай бұрын

    It's the most glitchy streaming service I've ever used. I've tried having watch parties on several different occasions only for streaming problems to wreck the whole event.

  • @TroubleshootGamingMeds
    @TroubleshootGamingMedsАй бұрын

    My one issue with ESPN+ is it tellint me my password is wrong CONSTANTLY if i sign in anywhere other than my phone. Its literally only ever been the same password since the beginning but apparently my account doesnt exist half the time

  • @BiggieTrismegistus

    @BiggieTrismegistus

    28 күн бұрын

    I have that issue too and it's annoying as hell. That's actually the only issue I have with the service. I don't get the buffering and quality drops that others are experiencing.

  • @TMeek94

    @TMeek94

    8 күн бұрын

    And logging me out constantly on my PS5 So annoying when im running late to the start of a fight just to be forced to log back in again That little bit of extra time can make you miss a knockout

  • @josephdinsmore54
    @josephdinsmore54Ай бұрын

    Absolute dumpster fire. Constant force crashing. It has the function to pause, rewind, FF but you can’t actually use them or it will crash. Also, very frequent dips in clarity/definition. That all said before mentioning the PPV nightmare.

  • @boxingdevotee
    @boxingdevoteeАй бұрын

    The sooner they move to Netflix the better. The PPV model is old and should be reserved for public places such as bars who profit from this. It's only North America keeping this going and that's only because they've had it for so long they've just become used to it. The whole model is the TV companies too not the promotions or events that are on the network. The sooner it goes the better because it causes too many problems (look at the UK card having their event at 3 am) and it also rinses their customers when 1. They don't need to do that and 2. They can make way more money from advertisers and sponsors who will pay to be on their platform (and more money with more eyes too). Can't wait for the other sporting events to follow the Jake Paul and WWE move that are starting this (and watch the massive amount of views Paul Vs Tyson gets, it'll be the biggest and most successful live event for sure as everyone will watch, which is great for advertisers). Traditional TV and more importantly the PPV model is dated, it's old and is slowly phasing out (which might be why they don't care as much).

  • @justinperry2432
    @justinperry2432Ай бұрын

    it sucks. For Conor vs Dustin two I paid for a full year of ESPN plus to get the discount only for it to disappear after buying it. So a full year of ESPN plus and I still had to pay full price for the ppv. Bullshit

  • @81ghale

    @81ghale

    Ай бұрын

    The got me with the discount a few years ago because I didn’t read everything. It’s “new customers only”, and that doesn’t mean you just don’t currently have a subscription. It means even if you had one 2 years ago and cancelled it you still aren’t getting a new subscriber deal. Not sure if that’s what happened to you or not, but I got hit with that.

  • @TroubleshootGamingMeds
    @TroubleshootGamingMedsАй бұрын

    I love how one of the topics is simply: "what the hell?"

  • @caltiki3090
    @caltiki3090Ай бұрын

    I dumped it. It became a triple paywall. Cable, requiring ESPN+, to buy Pay Per view. If it isn’t on cable on ESPN alone I’m not watching.

  • @81ghale

    @81ghale

    Ай бұрын

    Yeah that pissed me off too, because I got rid of xfinity cable. But now they “let” you give them money as long as you have WiFi service through one of the providers. I kept xfinity WiFi so I’ve been able to give them money for shitty services.

  • @caltiki3090

    @caltiki3090

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks for the reply Luke !! love MK !!

  • @markvandenboogaard8523
    @markvandenboogaard8523Ай бұрын

    I ordered ufc 300 and had a couple friends come over to watch it and they took my money but the event never played.. I was beyond pissed cause it was ufc 300.. it disgusted me to the point I will not buy anymore ppvs..

  • @population-_-420

    @population-_-420

    14 күн бұрын

    Did u get any PPV before 300

  • @markvandenboogaard8523

    @markvandenboogaard8523

    14 күн бұрын

    @population-_-420 yes. I used to order 6 - 8 ppvs a year.. I only watch the prelims now and catch up on the main card through media now.. I will never order another ufc ppv for 80 bucks when it's not guaranteed to play.. shit even when it does play it goes blurry every couple minutes and gets lacky..

  • @anscomedy

    @anscomedy

    11 күн бұрын

    Streameast is your friend

  • @alexcanion2853
    @alexcanion2853Ай бұрын

    Duude - loved this SCATHING indictment 🤣🤣 also loved the “NOTHIIING” edits 🤣 Would happily watch more “y’know what else is really grinding my gears?” videos. 🙏🔥

  • @55chevy327
    @55chevy327Ай бұрын

    It baffles me how Disney owns 3 different streaming services, and each works differently and has its own quirks. It seems like having one framework would help.

  • @tuffneggah

    @tuffneggah

    Ай бұрын

    disney+ is still wonky. they are still working on the interface. apart from netflix, even prime and max are shoddy and stucky

  • @MrJames-lj6tm
    @MrJames-lj6tmАй бұрын

    I canceled my espn+ subscription well over a year ago for literally ALL of the issues Luke mentioned here. Quite possibly the worst, clunkiest service on the market. Disney just doesn’t give af unfortunately. Now, I’m a lawless 🏴‍☠️.

  • @lazaruscomplexofficial
    @lazaruscomplexofficialАй бұрын

    Last Saturday it crashed and every fight looked like a potato, then 7pm est it logged me out, then told me in needed to pay my monthly subscription... which i paid last week... yeah I'm done with espn (this happens nearly every week)

  • @sully7108
    @sully710822 күн бұрын

    I always find it funny how on a random saturday when theres no college football NBA or NHL ESPN will still choose to put some random cornhole championships on the main satellite channel and the UFC on ESPN +

  • @goodtimes1046
    @goodtimes1046Ай бұрын

    Hilariously, the Verizon rep I spoke to was more helpful than the ESPN+ rep. Almost as if he had been bombarded with these types of questions and actually learned vs. ESPN+ who seemed to know nothing. Edit; I got free ESPN+ through some package deal.

  • @lyndeen
    @lyndeenАй бұрын

    I canceled about 3 months ago due to it being a crappy platform

  • @collinrobinson3085
    @collinrobinson3085Ай бұрын

    I have had endless issues with ESPN+. They are frequently missing fights or sections of the card, and sometimes they will only be available in Spanish. Buying a PPV means long, repeated cycles of logging out and back in when attempting to actually watch the PPV and being prompted to buy the already purchased PPV. The video player is the worst I've ever seen, you can't skip around smoothly or even control the cursor accurately. It's unfathomable how bad it is, and how long this has been going on.

  • @Apoplectic_Spock
    @Apoplectic_SpockАй бұрын

    ESPN+ can't seem to achieve basic 1080p streaming...

  • @The_Cholo
    @The_Cholo18 күн бұрын

    I've tried to buy UFC ppv's for about the past 9 months my card won't process, the funds are there, I've used three of cards, none worked, my wifes card, no go, my mother even let me use hers and it still wouldn't process. I've missed retirements, BMF fights, welter and lightweight (my favorite weight classes) title fights that I absolutely NEEDED to see, and nope, never once will my card process and I end up watching the fights later for free. I may not be much of a $ amount, but you'd think 11 years of loyalty to the sport would matter just a little bit. It blows me away to know I won't get to see Poirier vs Makhachev, I've followed Poirier since his 55 second KO that got him into the UFC. F**king HATE ESPN

  • @benfm5328
    @benfm5328Ай бұрын

    Every time I use it I have an issue. On top of that they raise the price of subscription every year, and they plan on raising it again this Year. It's not worth the price

  • @cmartinez1069
    @cmartinez106918 күн бұрын

    For YEARS my son has watched or listened to me cuss at my tv! THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THIS!!!!!

  • @aaron_robinson_0311
    @aaron_robinson_0311Ай бұрын

    Absolutely 100% agree!! Every commercial break the stream stops! I have to open the app again, start watching the stream, repeat this process for the entire broadcast. So damn frustrating

  • @y.b.-
    @y.b.-Ай бұрын

    LT is PISSED!!!! oh man , so many memories Plot twist, ESPN+ honchos are gonna blame their issues on illegal piracy affecting their own service stream......lol

  • @michigangreen1915
    @michigangreen1915Ай бұрын

    Not just ESPN+, UFC fight pass is complete trash too

  • @paladeissan

    @paladeissan

    7 күн бұрын

    still 30fps? lmao

  • @CipherSerpico
    @CipherSerpico27 күн бұрын

    The very first day I got an ESPN+ subscription-I tried to watch Mayweather vs. Pacquiao, the Audio & Video were so out of sync that it was unwatchable. I told support multiple times. I regularly check to see if they finally fixed it. It’s been almost 6 years… And it’s still out of sync.

  • @ETWCBf3CLAN
    @ETWCBf3CLANАй бұрын

    I agree, its literally so bad. Buffering all the time on gigabit, black screens, stream dying and killing the entire page. God awful and they keep sending emails they are bumping the prices lol

  • @cloudvsSephirof
    @cloudvsSephirofАй бұрын

    It makes me so happy to imagine luke thomas troubleshooting espn+

  • @ashketchup434
    @ashketchup434Ай бұрын

    Recommending the phone as an alternative is crazy 😂

  • @Day-ZDuke

    @Day-ZDuke

    Ай бұрын

    Haha ya, me and my 5 buddies that came over to watch the PPV will just huddle around my iPhone to watch the event

  • @2foreverembracethesun
    @2foreverembracethesunАй бұрын

    Thank you for making this, I don’t think there’s a single time of using this app on any device where I haven’t run into some sort of issue. Poor video quality, lags, freezing, difficult navigation, tv live feed is always somehow 20 second behind the phone live feed. God I hope they fix it but doubt it

  • @MKRProgressiveNews
    @MKRProgressiveNews19 күн бұрын

    100% Agree with you! I canceled espn+ when the monthly fee went over $10.00 . When they raised price for PPV to $80.00 I quit watching UFC.

  • @allaboutyourblahblah
    @allaboutyourblahblahАй бұрын

    This is what we needed, Luke off the fruitless fighter pay crusade, and onto the all-my-homies-hate-ESPN+ crusade. Trash service that I'm held hostage by.

  • @jimmurray8483
    @jimmurray8483Ай бұрын

    Weird... I've never had a problem with ESPN+

  • @ryanhogan1561
    @ryanhogan1561Ай бұрын

    I can have my device directly plugged into my Wi-Fi router and it still plays at the lowest available quality. My experience with PPV has been fine but trying to watch the fight nights end with me not finishing them because I’m tired of looking at 360p quality video for 95% of the event. Funny how the ads all play perfectly though.

  • @scrapadeboules_6311
    @scrapadeboules_6311Ай бұрын

    8:24 “it says a lot about a company’s priorities when the technology to process financial transactions works flawlessly, but the product driving those transactions doesn’t “. Hot…. Damn!

  • @wizzelhoart
    @wizzelhoartАй бұрын

    he's Apparently never used DAZN app.. 😂

  • @jessegarcia423

    @jessegarcia423

    Ай бұрын

    Bro it’s damn near impossible to cancel a dazn subscription. That shit should be illegal!

  • @rdizzy1

    @rdizzy1

    Ай бұрын

    I've used both extensively and espn+ is far worse.

  • @Criss_P_Baycon
    @Criss_P_BayconАй бұрын

    Holdup…..shhhh…..let him cook

  • @mistermxyzptlk7841
    @mistermxyzptlk7841Ай бұрын

    Just trying to watch Fight Nights on ESPN+ is a complete nightmare. Just finding the right link of the fight your looking for is really challenging. Then when you click on the link it resolves to a video player error about 90% of the time. I have to constantly try new links and refresh the page just to get it to resolve and show and/or play the video.

  • @vaderfx4
    @vaderfx4Ай бұрын

    Once I was watching a UFC and went into commercials “the Blue loading screen” and it was stuck we realized that we had missed a KO my party went wild the boo’s came raining down.! That’s one of the memorable moments of ESPN+ not working.

  • @omarisawesome1996
    @omarisawesome1996Ай бұрын

    Ive never had it be as bad as it was for luke. They always fix it remotely when i call them

  • @lukew101

    @lukew101

    Ай бұрын

    The fact that you've had to call them at all, let alone more than once is an issue. When you pay $89 for a streaming service it should work on its own, with out having to call them multiple times.

  • @omarisawesome1996

    @omarisawesome1996

    Ай бұрын

    @@lukew101 100%

  • @jfloyo11
    @jfloyo11Ай бұрын

    Sue them for fraudulently charging you and force their bumb azzes to show up in small claims court. You could represent yourself.

  • @sagetmaster4

    @sagetmaster4

    Ай бұрын

    I THINK ESPN has a little bit more of a legal budget than a private citizen. Hilarious comment though

  • @jfloyo11

    @jfloyo11

    Ай бұрын

    @@sagetmaster4 they might ignore it lolol and luke wins!!!!

  • @lake_cooper
    @lake_cooper10 күн бұрын

    I paid for ESPN+, but it never even worked for me. Also... I REFUSE to buy PPVs at these rates. I had watched every UFC event live, since UFC #3!!!!!! ...until the prices went up. Can't afford it anymore.

  • @KeilGries
    @KeilGriesАй бұрын

    I've bought PPVs through ESPN+ several times. On each occasion there was some form of difficulty, whether it was intermittent freezing, drops to low quality, or outright inability to watch on a desktop computer.

  • @charlesfoust3
    @charlesfoust328 күн бұрын

    Agree 100%. I have had several issues with not being able to watch or interrupted service during pay per views. I stopped buying UFC events because of the missed events and wasted time on the phone waiting on hold.

  • @Hotpocket42
    @Hotpocket42Ай бұрын

    My brother and I both paid $80 for UFC 301 and weren’t able to watch. Being told to pull up the event in my mobile device while hosting a viewing party was adding insult to injury

  • @howardcraigiv518
    @howardcraigiv51815 күн бұрын

    Thank you for Making this Video 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏…. Something Needs To Be Done. ESPN+ Stinks and we all are tired of wasting our hard earned money on Events that don’t even stream without issues.

  • @carynwhitfield2956
    @carynwhitfield2956Ай бұрын

    It ALWAYS has Issues when I use it, try watching a soccer game & not knowing which team is which, when using for UFC it’s even worse, scanning through for fights then having the fight pause & BLURR UP, the worse!

  • @user-yz5bq7cs8r
    @user-yz5bq7cs8rАй бұрын

    This makes me so so happy that when UFC went on to ESPN+, I simply bowed out. I had no interest in paying for an extra service just so I could pay for a pay-per-view. Since then, I've watched virtually no UFC, which sucks, but there's MMA elsewhere. If I had swallowed my distaste and signed up, this kind of thing would have pushed me over the edge.

  • @tjBrass-xs2nq
    @tjBrass-xs2nqАй бұрын

    Luke I literally cancelled that shit after 2 years. Actually tried to buy Poirier Mcgregor 2 and couldn't. Not to mention it fucking lags constantly, will sometimes jump around from a live fight to a earlier prelim with no reason. ESPN + has sucked for years. Baffling.

  • @Pano.
    @Pano.Ай бұрын

    After wasting almost $100 on a single event that never loaded or worked after hours of troubleshooting, never again.

  • @ChadVanAlstin
    @ChadVanAlstin27 күн бұрын

    I was so excited for UFC 300. My buddies from college came over and we ordered the PPV. We all hadn't watched a fight together since UFC 150. First, I couldn't get the prelims to play. Then, they suddenly worked. Then, during main card the app said I didn't pay for the fight (we had been watching it for an hour!), and I had to reboot the Roku. THEN in the MAIN EVENT the fucking app shut down again, and we missed the end of the fight. It was a similar experience to pirating. I paid 9.99 + 59.99 just for this one night, and it was bullshit. My third bad experience with it and I will never use it again.

  • @daviddean2082
    @daviddean2082Ай бұрын

    -When traveling internationally the app doesn't even open/exist. When watching tape for next card, consistently asks me to sign up then log in then it doesn't work. Search feature can not find fights. Does not work with many DWCS fights.

  • @birdcatcher4435

    @birdcatcher4435

    28 күн бұрын

    Same issue here trying to find DWCS fights, it's the absolute worst when it comes to finding recently uploaded content. they don't even specify the date of the upload i get 20min into an episode and realize it's one season old. Then i find the DWCS episode that is most recent and the audio is playing in spanish. they could very easily make spanish a track select on a single upload. but they make multiple versions of the same episode to make things more confusing. it's a cluster fuck and usability is the least of their concern.

  • @libertines24
    @libertines24Ай бұрын

    I legitimately used to order every ppv. When I would order the espn+ ppv I found the stream laggy. I haven’t ordered a ppv in years

  • @seanhokanson4115
    @seanhokanson411516 күн бұрын

    Thank you for making this video Luke. I agree with your entire video. It’s baffling that a company with this type of valuation can’t put together a functional app.

  • @KyL
    @KyLАй бұрын

    As a 4 year ESPN+ sub I definitely agree with Luke on everything. Using an Apple TV or an Ipad to watch events it will continuously log me out on both. This happens weekly and sometimes daily. Another issue is sometimes it will not work while signed in despite other espn+ programs working. Another issue is sometimes fights won't show up. Early prelims have been hard to find, while more rare it still has happened multiple times. Would cancel if it wasn't part of a package. Makes me feel less guilty for streaming ppv's because it's unacceptable to pay extra for this horrible service.

  • @TimStCyr
    @TimStCyr17 күн бұрын

    I use to get every UFC, but refuse to pay for ESPN+ and then a PPV, horrible!!!

  • @TheTraya
    @TheTrayaАй бұрын

    Since having ESPN plus I have had issues, Lately it’s the issue with the broadcast selection menu, sometimes no matter what I do the little “choose your broadcast” won’t show up and I just have to wait and keep trying till it works. The issue has gone away for me but I still here people having it which is that in the middle of the stream the video will just stop and give you a play button with a line through indicating the stream needs to restart. There’s also no stream quality options and it feels like most of the time the quality is just not what it should be for this sport.

  • @CameRonKoRn
    @CameRonKoRnАй бұрын

    ESPN+ also won’t know what’s live? It’ll say it’s currently live but if you back out and replay (which takes forever) it will go like 30 minutes in the future to the real live showing

  • @wolfgangiii4719
    @wolfgangiii4719Ай бұрын

    I remember on McGregor vs Poirier 2 when I bought the PPV to stream to my friends on discord and the PPV never loaded on my computer so I had to watch alone on my phone instead of streaming it to all my friends. Never bought a PPV since then.

  • @Brrrrrri
    @BrrrrrriАй бұрын

    In 2022, I bought a PPV and it wouldn’t load. It just kept taking me back to the page to rebuy it. After 1 hour of low English speaking help, they refunded my money 14 business day later and was told to make a new account. Woooohooo

  • @pabsts____3964
    @pabsts____3964Ай бұрын

    I cancelled ESPN+. Hell, I couldn’t even watch fight night cards on it.

  • @ConnorAlfonsoHo
    @ConnorAlfonsoHoАй бұрын

    Events not loading, constant buffering during live events, denied access to PPVs that I've bought..... I cancelled my subscription

  • @kwalk7942
    @kwalk7942Ай бұрын

    During UFC fight nights it constantly tells me that I need to subscribe to watch and when I go to look at my account it says I'm already subscribed. This cycle continues until it eventually works and recognizes that I do in fact pay for a subscription.

  • @SuperEikenator
    @SuperEikenatorАй бұрын

    I tried to watch UFC 270 with some family/friends over, purchased it on the website with my ESPN+ account and tried to watch it via HDMI on that same device. It said I had not purchased but then said I had purchased it when I tried to look at my account/purchase again. Feeling stressed that I was hosting fights that nobody could watch, I then purchased on the App Store on my phone to see if that would work. That didn’t either. So we had to find other ways and I have not and will not purchase any more PPVs. Neither Apple or ESPN gave me a refund and I used a debit card so I was just SOL. Horrid service, I have it because it’s bundled with my phone plan and I make it a point not to use it.

  • @jasonrose3566
    @jasonrose3566Ай бұрын

    ibe also had the experience if sitting on hold for over an hour for customer service and then instantly being hung up on when someone pucked up the line. i then waited iver an hour again and their only suggestion was uninstall and reinstall the app, which did nothing.

  • @anthonylopez9594
    @anthonylopez95948 күн бұрын

    I had the same issue with ufc 301. I ended up having to watch it on my phone because it wouldnt play on my computer. Scared me from ordering another ppv. Ive always payed. Ive had some issues but 301 was an unforgivable experience.

  • @user-uh4tm6ft9b
    @user-uh4tm6ft9bАй бұрын

    I had trouble streaming it to my tv from my phone through a chromecast. I paid ESPN+ yearly at the beginning of the year but wont be renewing.

  • @ryan7988
    @ryan7988Ай бұрын

    Great video. It freezes on me so often when I rewind or fast forward.

  • @PlasmaBoom
    @PlasmaBoomАй бұрын

    I also prefer to pay for payperviews. But man, so many times I’m watching the fights and it just backs out to the main menu. And THEN, several times it wouldn’t let me back into it. I started going to my local theater in town that shows them out of fear the ppv is not going to work, and I’m going to have to find a crappy 240p stream somewhere that gets taken down every 20 minutes. No! I never worried about this before ESPN+. I didnt even watch this last ppv. Wasn’t worth it to deal with all the inconveniences.

  • @SSJ_Derp
    @SSJ_DerpАй бұрын

    As a software engineer that’s been in the industry for 15 years, I can tell you this is 100% a deliberate choice. Streaming is complicated but it’s not rocket science, if they cared enough to fix these problems they would have been fixed by now.

  • @jefftaylor8644
    @jefftaylor8644Ай бұрын

    I had the same exact issue with the ppv on 301. It eventually just went through about an hour in

  • @KevinKillaKam
    @KevinKillaKamАй бұрын

    I was a TSN subscriber which is the Canadian branch of ESPN. From loss of signal, to blackout games on Canadian games, not covering certain events but I finally had enough when I couldn't view a Fight Night when I pay $200 for the yearly subscription and they put it on TSN 5 which wasn't in my TSN package. SCREW that company.

  • @PhilMarlowe392
    @PhilMarlowe392Ай бұрын

    Everytime I buy a PPV I have to log in and then log out several times before it works. There was a period where every commercial break it timed out and had to be refreshed. They play the same few commercials during every commercial break which over a 5 hr card is maddening.

  • @MichaelNassif1
    @MichaelNassif1Ай бұрын

    I exactly had the same issues that you did that evening. I switched from the boxing on my laptop/ufc on my TV to boxing on my tv/ufc on my laptop. Boxing transition was flawless. UFC on my laptop took me logging out, rebooting, and doing 20 minutes of troubleshooting until it finally stopped asking me to buy again the UFC PPV that I already paid for. I laughed my *so off the next morning when I realized that you had the same frustration with a few more explosives. I always have hated how much ESPN+ is like a product that feels attached to ESPN by school glue and duct tape from the provision, navigation, and product. Thanks for expressing what some of us have felt for awhile.

  • @bobo8778
    @bobo877813 күн бұрын

    It doesn't pick up where I left off when I log back in to watch a show or sport. Nothing is in 4K and it's 2024.

  • @stephent601
    @stephent601Ай бұрын

    I’ve been an ESPN+ subscriber since the UFC made the ESPN deal and I can verify that ESPN+ does in fact, suck. My main problem with it is the fact that there is zero personalization. You should be able to bookmark your favorite leagues/sports for ease of access at the very least and that seems like it would be fairly simple to do. To Luke’s point, there should be a library of fight nights similar to the ppv library with a simple search feature to go back through old cards.

  • @DecepticonBorowka
    @DecepticonBorowkaАй бұрын

    It attempts to make me resubscribe to the service on my AppleTV, frequently. I have to go to the subscription page to pretend I am going to subscribe, then it will suddenly start working. The interface sucks too. It asks your favorite teams, sports. Never moves those to the top though...

  • @steventuthill1907
    @steventuthill1907Ай бұрын

    Crashes a lot, can be hard to find what you want to watch, logs you out for no reason constantly, ads are awful and repetitive

  • @fightingusik4265
    @fightingusik426515 күн бұрын

    Pausing during a stream is a nightmare. The lag and picture distortion upon restart is terrible. And that is on TV!

  • @DrDrewRulez
    @DrDrewRulezАй бұрын

    I once missed the entire PPV I bought and ESPN+ tells me they don't care and don't reimburse.

  • @jonvongeronimo
    @jonvongeronimoАй бұрын

    AGREE!! I have tons of problems with the app on Apple TV. Constantly have issues trying to buy UFC PPVs. And it constantly tells me to log in to watch UFC events, even though the app shows I’m already logged in. I hate it.

  • @troublesome07
    @troublesome07Ай бұрын

    Hey Luke, I like this new style of content! Something dawned on me when you said the customer service agent suggested you purchase through the TV or phone- smart TVs and phones are much more friendly to data harvesting, location info, demographics, etc. They would rather you watch through these closed platforms because it gives easier access to your data, which can then be used in analytics, or more likely sold to 3rd parties. Louis Rossman has a good video on a similar thing with Netflix- if you pay for the 4k service, and you try to watch through your PC browser, it will work, but you will never get actual 4k, it's like 720p low bitrate BS, but if you go through your smart TV it will work flawlessly. Just a possible reason why they don't prioritize PC browser service.

  • @EddieBonez1000
    @EddieBonez1000Ай бұрын

    Cutting the walkouts off to the same espn screen saving commercial over and over! Horrible !! I feel you Luke!

  • @omarnieves2030
    @omarnieves2030Ай бұрын

    I do find it hard to just find a single fight when using search searches on fighters or certain events very difficult to search for

  • @Juel92
    @Juel92Ай бұрын

    This reminds me of when I go to a rave and there is too long line to the whippets. Just leaving money on the table smh

  • @seanjohnson5296
    @seanjohnson5296Ай бұрын

    50% of the time ESPN+ tells me I don’t have a subscription to the service when I try to start a UFC stream even though I can then immediately back out and go to my account/verify that I DO have an active subscription…

  • @TruRedCRIME
    @TruRedCRIMEАй бұрын

    the only time i watch espn+ is 1. PPV event which 99% of the time ive never had an issue 2. la liga games which EVERYTIME there is an issue, laggy, buggy et etc

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