Thanks for sharing all your experiences ...
Seems like in all things, depends what you're really after - for example, I've managed all my life without Sky Atlantic but I'm hearing that Game of Thrones is something I ought to be watching [just one example] - and now I can.
Ashes series kicks...
I'm a bit old school and have put off having Sky for years, basically on grounds of cost and time [consumed watching TV].
There's been a Sky sales station in the middle of our town [indoor] shopping centre for yonks and I was still a bit miffed this morning whilst being dragged round the shops...