> that brief period when that thing where you had to decide which cable channels you wanted had died, and all you needed was Netflix This was never the case;

> that brief period when that thing where you had to decide which cable channels you wanted had died, and all you needed was Netflix This was never the case; Netflix always missed a huge chunk of content that cable providers had. Apple is just providing another service that provides more content. They're not "taking away" from you with this new service.