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The comments on IP winning are fine, but from the application experience, CableTV is far better than what we are converging on. The internet is converging on a
by tonymet 2y ago
The comments on IP winning are fine, but from the application experience, CableTV is far better than what we are converging on.
The internet is converging on a few major players streaming low quality content , at a higher price, using 100x the resources of cable TV.
We were streaming 500 HDTV channels for $50 / month around 2005. Now similar content would cost you $100 in internet service + $150-$200 in streaming fees. And you need much more sophisticated and numerous ICs for encode-decode.
My point is , you can't judge a mature product against an evolving product . The entire content ecosystem is much worse off. We basically spent trillions of dollars to rebuild the shitty content delivery of cableTV , with worse content.
- sadtoot 2y agobut the non-TV part of the internet is, on its own, probably more valuable than TV ever was
- cryptonector 2y agoImagine having the Internet, and all you want it for is TV.
- tonymet 2y agoThat’s what the audience wants time spent is converging on social video and streaming video Full circle
- tonymet 2y agoWeb is practically dead . Social media a net loss. Messaging has some value . VC has some value . But we should compare apples to apples IP video consumption experience is lower quality and requires 100x the resources .
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