Outside of seeing a reddit post by someone recommending a provider, how do you decide what to sub to and judge its reliability or whatever?
One thing I know is the whole 'don't subscribe to a service that over-promises with 5000 channels because it's too good to be true' and that makes sense. Any other tips on choosing?
Take a trial, lots of trials and see if you can find one that works for you. Then purchase a month and test it some more, never purchase more than 3 months at a time.