This is a direct plea to live TV streaming services like Sling TV, YouTube TV, PlayStation Vue and DirecTV Now.

Please don't give us more channels (with the accompanying price increase).

Just this week, most the services I mentioned above all announced that they are increasing the prices of their bundles by $5 per month.

The services are great. I've tried them all. They all have their strong points and their weak points, but I'm afraid they are turning into the overpriced cable bundles we were fleeing in the first place.

From the beginning, I knew that these streaming services are all just smaller versions of our old bundles. These are groups of channels picked out by someone else.

I was an AT&T U-Verse customer for years, but my top tier service for one TV cost more than $140 per month. I had all the premium channels, so don't feel sorry for me.

When I decided to cut my pay TV bill, I could have cut down on my TV package to save money, but I really wanted to try life without my big bundle.

Sling TV was the first streaming service I tried back in 2015, and at $20 per month (including ESPN), it really seemed like I was sticking it to the man.

Now SlingTV has upped the price to $25 for the Orange package, while its Blue package remains $25, but you can bundle both for $40 per month, which seems to be the new monthly price point (or starting point) for a many of these services.

YouTube TV, DirecTV Now, PlayStation Vue and Hulu Live all have $40-per-month plans (prices go up for bigger bundles or extras). I don't think $40 per month is too expensive, but if there's one thing I've learned, it's that bundles don't get smaller or cheaper.

As the packages get bigger and pricier, I am happy to report some movement in the other direction.

AT&T has a new inexpensive streaming 30-channel bundle called Watch TV that's included with unlimited wireless plans. It's $15 for everyone else.

Sling TV has announced that it's introducing a few true à la carte channels that can be purchased alongside their bundles.

So it continues to be an interesting time to be a streaming video consumer. I'm anxious to see where prices and bundles are headed, but I'm quite sure I don't want bigger, more expensive bundles.

I don't want to see the prices and number of channels approaching $100 per month.

Can't we keep our bundles small? Can we just pick the channels we want to watch?

Please?

I want to keep sticking it to the man.