Mike, in the uk the Sky + box is obsolete and anyone who has one is entitled to a free upgrade to Sky Q. That’s what Sky told me a few months ago and upgraded me free of charge. The local Sky engineer also replaced my old receiver and set everything up, couldn’t have asked for better service. I pay less than £60 a month for all the Sky sports channels and get TNT sports cheap as part of my BT broadband package.
Personally I would give up a lot of things before I gave up Sky, the sports coverage is brilliant. Football and cricket sold their souls to Sky a long time ago and if you enjoy top class sport there really is no option