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I don't doubt it. Pirated distribution has nothing in the way of hosting cost so I don't see how that would work with decentralized distribution. What is the
by jethro_tell 9y ago
I don't doubt it. Pirated distribution has nothing in the way of hosting cost so I don't see how that would work with decentralized distribution.
What is the set up you are advocating for? People automatically upload content from their streaming apps? How are you going to police amazon/netflix/hulu/whatever service I have to do the uploading in a fair way?
My fire TV has 8GB hdd. I don't know what my chrome cast has but it's less. You need real hardware to store the catalog. Torrenting works because it has a bar to entry.
- shmerl 9y agoThe scale adds up. Cost of entry can be the price paid instead of large monthly subscriptions or higher prices per individual title.
- jethro_tell 9y agoSure, we've had access to distributed internet for the whole life of the network and people have chosen over and over to use centralized, convenient systems. That's not going to change for TV.
- shmerl 9y agoWell, it already happened as I said, except for pirated content.
- jethro_tell 9y agoRight, so if people want the convenience, they are going to have to get off their wallets. Broadcast was so cheap because we had central distributions with set times and they just shot it out there and you could watch if you want. I'd rather providers compete on content and service so I can drop people who shove commercials in my face. People have spent years complaining about all the channels and nothing to watch and this trend starts to reverse that because the providers are going to have to compete in content.