To be clear: we have no problem with the price we pay for TCM.
The larger issue for us is that we are not willing to support the NFL and its policies regarding abusers.
If TCM offered a live a-la-carte service that was $50 a month we would sign up for it and stop paying the $140 or so per month for TV programming. The only other channel we watch regularly is PBS and we have two PBS stations over-the-air plus the PBS streaming service.