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YouTube TV is still cable, just delivered differently. For that reason, it was DOA in my eyes. My problem with cable was never necessarily the price (though th
by babypuncher 3y ago
YouTube TV is still cable, just delivered differently.
For that reason, it was DOA in my eyes. My problem with cable was never necessarily the price (though that was a big factor), but the linear, scheduled nature of the whole thing. I don't know why some companies keep clinging to this dated distribution model well more than a decade after Netflix showed everyone how to do it better.
- stronglikedan 3y agoBecause there's enough people like me to make it profitable. I don't want to feel committed every time I turn on the TV. Sometimes I just like to watch whatever's on, carefree. Different strokes, all equally valid.
- tzs 3y agoSimilarly, I've got the first 20 or so seasons of The Simpsons on DVD, and after watching them once with the commentary on I never watched them again. But I would watch the two episodes a day that my local Fox affiliate would broadcast. If I actually pick a specific episode to watch (or nowadays to stream) it somewhere seems like I need to pay more attention to it than when I was watching a regularly scheduled syndicated episode. With the later it puts me in the same mindset as listening to radio...a casual thing that I might multitask with other things, such as reading or doing a crossword puzzle.
- babypuncher 3y agothe shuffle button in plex serves this purpose, it's a shame few commercial streaming services offer this.