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It should be scandalous in those cases too. Having a company be both the distributor and producer and have a monopoly is problematic. This is sort of the proble
by justinmchase 7y ago
It should be scandalous in those cases too. Having a company be both the distributor and producer and have a monopoly is problematic. This is sort of the problem of cable TV also, where companies like comcast tries to be a producer and distriutor and have a monopoly. In the past we have had unions fight against this sort of thing but unions have been busted to hell in this country over the last few decades to the point where even smart people don't even understand why its bad for a company like amazon to do this, we don't remember why.
- scarface74 7y agoYour argument may have held weight in the past, but now, anyone can distribute video without going through the cable providers regular cable distribution. It’s quite simple technically to provide on demand video at scale, including creating apps for all the platforms. The only issue now is when/if cable companies as internet providers start deprioritizing competitors.
- justinmchase 7y agoIts really not simple, technically. So I don't understand what you're saying.
- scarface74 7y agoIt really is. You can use manage services through AWS to set this up at almost any scale including encoding, transcoding, global CDNs, etc.
- aty268 7y agoI don't think you understand what simple means for the vast majority of Americans.
- scarface74 7y agoThe vast majority of Americans aren’t trying to release content that would have been delivered via cable. Except maybe the public access channels. That content can be uploaded to YouTube.