Damus
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In the early 2000’s, in the days of big cable co.’s, I heard a media mogul predict that all of the channels would separate, and people would need a subscription to each one individually.

It seemed far fetched to me - but what he described is EXACTLY what happened.

It was wild to watch.
It’s more wild to watch the pendulum swing back as the windows swallow up the losers.

As a consumer - i hated cable companies - but overall it was a better experience than juggling a bunch of subscription services.

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gsovereignty · 2w
My subscription service is called the pirate bay and they have everything
Toxic Bitcoiner · 2w
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Stirling Forge · 2w
It's funny because it takes a pirate revolution like spotify happened for music to end up centralizing them all into one worthwhile service again. I believe it will happen and I think we just need to give it time.
LWB · 2w
Or you can go back to bring a pirate again
nout · 2w
Bring your inner pirate with the *arr stack.
Fiat4Life · 2w
You have huge media companies sitting on the exclusive rights for creative work done by others decades ago. Why can Disney destroy the Star Wars cannon and not me? Why can Amazon make Lord Of the Rings content that JRR Tolkien would have never approved? If all content automatically entered the publ...
Sean · 2w
I've noticed they've started using each other as there sales funnel. For example you can watch the first 5 seasons of a series on Netflix then the final season (once you're hooked) on Paramount. Same goes for Disney and Sky. And I'm sure its happening across Amazon and AppleTV too. I can't bare al...