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I'm not sure if you're mis-reading the quote, or don't have the implied context for the quote, which is that television broadcast did not originally pass throug
by happytoexplain 4y ago
I'm not sure if you're mis-reading the quote, or don't have the implied context for the quote, which is that television broadcast did not originally pass through any persistence layer. It went from the camera to the television, never to be seen again.
- LarryMullins 4y agoThe article isn't talking about pre-VCR shows, which indeed were ephemeral. The article is hand-wringing about modern shows getting dropped from streaming services in 2022. These shows are almost certainly preserved online through file sharing. The article ignores filesharing and tries to suggest that the ''disappearance'' of modern shows is somehow worse than the disappearance of pre-VCR shows: "TV Has Always Disappeared. This [disappearance of shows in 2022] Feels Different" The real reason it's different is because these modern shows haven't actually disappeared, unlike those pre-VCR shows.
- happytoexplain 4y agoOh, sorry, I misunderstood "these shows" to mean the shows referenced by the quote, rather than by the article.