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I'm entirely confused on how the Hulu thing plays. This could mean it is them selling ads on a service they are owners of using the data they gathered as an IS
by mikeryan 10y ago
I'm entirely confused on how the Hulu thing plays.
This could mean it is them selling ads on a service they are owners of using the data they gathered as an ISP and not only as a service, like the data Netflix would have.
Somehow Hulu, using data bought by Comcast is worse when Comcast owns a share of Hulu? How does this change whether Comcast is an owner or not? Hulu could purchase the data either way and since Hulu is an investment, not a subsidiary it would end up a customer of Comcast data. Netflix could also buy the data from Comcast, but of course that makes no sense because Netflix doesn't have ads.
Isn't bargaining a two sided affair?
Yes and here's the deal Comcast is offering, 1. Pay full Rack rate, and we don't sell your data. 2. Take a cut on our rate but we sell your data to advertisers.
Whats one sided about that? One option is "do the same thing you're already doing" and the other is "pay less, lose some privacy"
- joe_the_user 10y ago"Yes and here's the deal Comcast is offering, 1. Pay full Rack rate, and we don't sell your data. 2. Take a cut on our rate but we sell your data to advertisers. "Whats one sided about that? One option is "do the same thing you're already doing" and the other is 'pay less, lose some privacy'" But this statement of the deal is ultimately disingenuous - as a monopoly/duopoloy, Comcast is going to be setting its prices, so over time, the deal will become "pay more, maybe a lot more or we do what we want".