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So British people want better things than American people? BBC quality vs American? The networks aren't in business to give people what they want. They're in b
by vacri 9y ago
So British people want better things than American people? BBC quality vs American?
The networks aren't in business to give people what they want. They're in business to make money, and doing what sells easily is the usual way to make that money. The BBC have a different business model, so they don't have to chase the money that way.
Jobs is talking as if people can afford the things they want - if he instead said that "the construction industry builds tons of cheap, shitty housing, because that's what people want! It's the truth!", it'd be immediately obvious that he was speaking blubbering nonsense.
- rixed 9y agoAlso, for such an important thing as broadcast media, you must factor in the cultural consequences of the content regardless of how many people would watch it (or, more accurately, use it as a recreational drug to calm down after a hard day off work, as stated somewhere above).
- rblatz 9y agoBut that's what they do build, and a lot of times they wait until a customer asks them to build it... Seems like they are building exactly what people want.