> I also don't get why everyone is clamoring for one company to control all video entertainment distribution. Isn't that what we hated about cable? No. We hat

> I also don't get why everyone is clamoring for one company to control all video entertainment distribution. Isn't that what we hated about cable? No. We hated cable for the high prices and bad service which were enabled by physical monopolies. If the backend was based on open protocols, you could buy an aggregating frontend from Netflix, Hulu, TiVo, etc and then buy whatever content you like from whatever content owner you like.