Free HD for Life without commitment or $99

well, I already autopay and get e-bills.. but I really don't want another 2-year contract just for this.. something I should have been grandfathered into already!

That's an opinion however, not a statement of fact.

If you were previously paying 10 and 10, you will still be paying 10 and 10.

If you do the HD Free For Life 99$ = you pay 10$ total instead of 99$.

Here's why, you signed up originally for this thus it's what you get. Those customers who originally signed up HD & Platinum for free (during a certain period of time) were bundled together as HD & Platinum for 10$. This was not a part of your TOS, it was a part of theirs.
 

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