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> I want one device to watch all the things, why is that so fucking hard for the appliance manufactures and media companies to provide? As far as I can tell fr
by 0xcde4c3db 6y ago
> I want one device to watch all the things, why is that so fucking hard for the appliance manufactures and media companies to provide?
As far as I can tell from the outside, it's because every company involved thinks that it owns the audience and thereby is in a position to sell it to any given counterparty.
- mbesto 6y agoIt's simple really. Lock someone into a device and you've created a moat. Consumer friendliness and investor returns are at odds with each other on this one.
- pydry 6y agoProbably because those that don't act that way and take no money for pushing distribution get undercut by those that do. I can well see Roku starting out with best intentions and then realizing that they're gonna have to play the game too if they don't wanna be priced out. You can't really rely upon the average person shopping for a TV media player understanding the economics of content distribution. They'll get the device that looks cheap and good.