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Last week, YouTube TV ditched over 20 Disney-owned channels, after the two companies failed to reach a new content distribution deal ahead of the deadline. But now, YouTube TV is trying to make it up to subscribers who are reeling from their diminished viewing options. According to multiple reports, YouTube TV seems to be (quietly) offering $10 credits on subscriber bills for six months, for a total savings of $60. But there’s a catch, which is that that credit won’t be automatically applied. It looks like users will have to do some digging through your YouTube TV account’s settings in order to opt in. Here’s how to check for the credit: According to TechRadar, you’ll need to login your YouTube TV account on desktop in order to find out if your account will receive the credit. Go to ‘Settings’ and select ‘Membership’, then ‘Manage Plan’. If the credit is available, you should see a message that says “Redeem your offer.” When you accept, the credit should appear on your next statement. However, dozens of Reddit sleuths who have already tried to redeem the credit have come up empty, indicating that everyone may not be eligible. Customers are still disgruntled Either way, many users don’t feel that $10 a month makes up for losing over 20 channels they are paying for, like ABC, Disney Channel, FX, Nat Geo, as well as popular live sports channels. “$10 aint gonna cut it for no ESPN,” one commenter wrote on a popular Reddit thread. “At a bare minimum its going to cost $30 to get ESPN, so thats a starting point. Add an extra $10/mo for the hassle and a $40 discount is what it would take for sports fans to stay with YTTV.” Confusing credits The $10 credit has also confused some users, especially because YouTube first proposed a $20 credit on Oct 23. “We know this is a frustrating and disappointing outcome for our subscribers and we continue to urge Disney to work with us constructively to reach a fair agreement that restores their networks to YouTube TV. If their content remains off YouTube TV for an extended period of time, well offer subscribers a $20 credit.” Fast Company reached out to Google to find out the exact credit YouTube TV users can expect to see, but did not hear back by the time of publication. An ongoing dispute Previously Fast Company reached out to Google over the dispute and was directed to an Oct. 23 YouTube statement. Last week, Disney used the threat of a blackout on YouTube TV as a negotiating tactic to force deal terms that would raise prices on our customers, the post on YouTubes blog read. Theyre now following through on that threat, suspending their content on YouTube TV. This decision directly harms our subscribers while benefiting their own live TV products, including Hulu + Live TV and Fubo. Unsurprisingly, Disney pointed the blame at Google. “Unfortunately, Googles YouTube TV has chosen to deny their subscribers the content they value most by refusing to pay fair rates for our channels, including ESPN and ABC. With a $3 trillion market cap, Google is using its market dominance to eliminate competition and undercut the industry-standard terms weve successfully negotiated with every other distributor.” The two companies remain in talks. And, in a statement provided to Deadline, a Disney spokesperson said the company asked YouTube to restore ABC to the service for election day on Nov. 4. Despite the impasse that led to the current blackout, we have asked YouTube TV to restore ABC for Election Day so subscribers have access to the information they rely on. We believe in putting the public interest first and hope YouTube TV will take this small step for their customers while we continue to work toward a fair agreement. Google did not immediately respond to Fast Company’s request for comment.
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I always dream of the same mall. So begins a recent post on the popular subreddit r/The MallWorld. The subreddit was first created in 2021, and currently has 10,000 monthly visitors detailing their recurring dreams of eerie, often empty spaces. The description reads, Have you been to one of these common dream locations? The post continued: It has a very vintage feel to it. It always has warm amber lighting and wooden guard rails. It has 3 main floors, and one secret lower floor. The lower floor is usually kept pristine, a time capsule of the 90’s. The stores are closed, but the merchandise remains. It smells like my kindergarten class did.. If this dream sounds familiar, you are not alone. The post is among thousands on Reddit and TikTok who say they also dream of the same space, collectively referred to as Mall World. But this is no ordinary shopping mall. While not always identical, many say their mall worlds share similarities. It has endless stairwells, forbidden floors, and looping elevators. Some have dreamed of the same food court, others of an arcade. Sometimes the dreamscape is not even a mall at all but a water park or an airport. People have tried to draw maps of Mall World. I finally dont feel alone, wrote one on Reddit. I feel so much relief in not being the only one. The dreamscape has recently seen a resurgence in interest. One TikTok user said she discovered the Mall World subreddit after searching for answers about a recurring dream she was having. She explained, Finding the Mall World has literally changed my life because there are 20 thousand people having the same exact dreams as mine. The video was posted earlier this year and currently has over 400,000 views. So why is everyone having the same dream? There are a number of theories circulating the internet. One suggests it is related to Carl Jungs theory of collective unconsciousness the idea that all humans share a deep, inherited layer of the unconscious mind that shapes how we think and dream. Others have linked the idea to astral travel, where the physical body is left behind to go explore other planes of consciousness. Another conspiracy theory links these shared dreams to the gifted and talented program in the 1980s and 1990s. Or perhaps the real reason is less intriguing. Most of us have been to a mall at least once in our lives and our brains tend to feed off existing mental maps and memories to construct our dreamscapes. As Dylan Selterman, an associate teaching professor at the Johns Hopkins University department of psychological and brain sciences, told The New York Times, sometimes people dream about weird stuff. Liminal spaces have been a source of online fascination for years. A simpler explanation may be that the online discourse is unconsciously influencing peoples dreams. If youve not visited Mall World and are feeling left out, just reading about Mall World might be enough to trigger a visit.
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Want more housing market stories from Lance Lamberts ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. D.R. Horton, Americas largest homebuilder, is doubling down on mortgage rate buydowns to keep its sales volumes up amid an affordability-strained housing market. On its October 28 earnings call, the builder said 73% of its homebuyers in fiscal Q4 2025 received a mortgage rate buydownup slightly from 72% in the previous quarter. As we anticipated on our last call, we did expect to lean in more heavily to the offering of 3.99% [mortgage rate buydown], said Jessica Hansen, D.R. Hortons senior vice president of investor relations. That is something that we’ve been doing, and we saw the mortgage rate in our backlog come down. It’s actually below 5% today coming into this quarter. For D.R. Hortons buyersmany of whom are first-time homeownersthe monthly payment remains the decisive factor. The most attractive monthly payment we can put them in is with a lower rate, said CEO Paul Romanowski. Its a benefit to the homeowner over time in terms of paying down more of their principal. The strategy has come at a cost: incentive spendingincluding mortgage rate buydowns. The companys gross margin on home sales fell to 20% in Q4 2025, down from 23.6% in Q4 2024 and well below the 26.9% in Q4 2021. Indeed, increased incentive spending accounted for 61% of D.R. Hortons recent margin compression in Q4, while higher litigation costs made up another 33%. The incentives appear to be working. Net new orders rose 5% year-over-year in Q4 to 20,078up from 19,035 a year earlierdemonstrating D.R. Hortons ability to maintain sales momentum despite affordability headwinds. However, its backlog continues to shrink as the builder intentionally slows housing starts to better align inventory levels and capitalize on easing construction costs. Regionally, D.R. Horton pointed to softness in parts of Florida, including Jacksonville and Southwest Florida, where excess inventory has weighed on absorption rates. The company also described Texas as choppy and California as a bit of a struggle, while noting signs of stability across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. window.addEventListener("message",function(a){if(void 0!==a.data["datawrapper-height"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll("iframe");for(var t in a.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var r,i=0;r=e[i];i++)if(r.contentWindow===a.source){var d=a.data["datawrapper-height"][t]+"px";r.style.height=d}}}); Even with new tariffs and immigration policy headlines, the company said material and labor costs remain under controldown 1% quarter-over-quarter and 1.5% year-over-year. Many giant homebuilders are crediting softer housing starts for helping offset policy-related cost pressures. ResiClub PRO members can read our full D.R. Horton analysis here.
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