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>>The idea you'd be able to see everything you want for $9/month when the going rate was $100/month is and remains an utter fantasy. There is no way, shape, or

>>The idea you'd be able to see everything you want for $9/month when the going rate was $100/month is and remains an utter fantasy. There is no way, shape, or form where the industry is going to suddenly operate on 90% less income. Reminds me of at&t. They made boatloads of money at one time until they didn't. I'm sure they didn't like it when suddenly their main product, long distance calls, became dirt cheap. I still remember paying huge amounts of money in late 1990s to make calls from NYC to Buffalo. The whole thing was such a big racket. I for one will not shed a single tear if these companies go out of business. Some other companies will take their place.

ocdtrekkie 8y ago
Bear in mind, everyone's talking about how must-see a given TV show is, and how much they loathe "having to" shell out money to see it on X streaming service. Prices go down when demand is low. Demand for TV is not low, ergo, prices are not going to go down. Also, when it does, the first casualty isn't going to be the companies: It's going to be the shows you love. People on HN were thrilled when Amazon saved The Expanse. But if The Expanse doesn't drive X number of new Prime subscribers, it won't be around much longer than that.