the youtube TV model (which is also the Sony Vue (they're gone! heh) / Sling model) is nothing like the cable TV model, because these companies do not provide any last mile physical infrastructure. therefore you can switch between any number of providers with no effort. Assuming the other providers can get their fucking act together techinically/user-experience-wise (YTV is like vastly better UX-wise, looks like PS VUE has already been shut down, sad), there's no way a single provider can gouge captive customers for $180 a month, because you can switch freely. meaning it becomes a market again! even liberal democrats like me like markets when they are appropriate.

my physical cable to my house is provided by Altice One, I have no option to switch that at all (no there's no FIOS or fiber option here). that's a monopoly.