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The equation is different for cable companies than it is for content producers. Cable companies (I'm including phone companies that provide TV service) are comp
by rabidsnail 15y ago
The equation is different for cable companies than it is for content producers. Cable companies (I'm including phone companies that provide TV service) are competing with the internet itself, in aggregate. They're thinking much longer term. If they can get people to make a habit of watching TV through them instead of the internet, they win.
- rwmj 15y agoI'm wondering on which planet cable is going to beat the internet. Presumably it's a planet where the people prefer inconvenience, cost and poor usability.
- rabidsnail 15y agoCable is more convenent if you don't care what you're watching and don't want to be made to choose. It's optimized for passive consumption. Most people want a morphine IV drip, not a wine cellar.
- eftpotrm 15y agoIf they can get people to make a habit of watching TV through them instead of the internet, they win. Yup, but surely even a basic viewing session of Internet-based TV would convince even the dimmest bulb that they're fighting a losing battle to keep scheduled broadcast as the primary means of video consumption.
- rabidsnail 15y agoYou underestimate the power of choice paralysis.