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I cannot agree more. I remember growing up it was just raw footage of events without break, and often with little or no commentary. We would sit for hours and w
by justtopost 8y ago
I cannot agree more. I remember growing up it was just raw footage of events without break, and often with little or no commentary. We would sit for hours and watch the pinnicale of human physical ability. Now its 95% pomp and commentary, and you find yourself just looking up the events you wanted to watch the next day on a video hosting site. This just fits into the larger context of broadcasting digging their own grave in the glow of the internet. Even though their offerings are still often technically and artistically superior, the are bound outside like writhing beasts to their business model and it kills them by forced exposure (nessitating constant 'content'). Youtube is now doing the same by deranking channels that fail to release videos on a regular, if not frantic, schedule. Patreon is helping, but just enough to defer actually dealing with the huge problem. Its a vicious cycle.