If they're not going to give it to me on Hulu or Netflix or some other way I want to consume it in a timely manner, I'm going to take it for myself. And I heartily advise everyone else to do the same.
Right. Because no one deserves to be paid for their work, unless they personally deliver it to you on a silver platter.
If they're not going to give it to me on Hulu or Netflix or some other way I want to consume it in a timely manner, I'm going to take it for myself. And I heartily advise everyone else to do the same.
Right. Because no one deserves to be paid for their work, unless they personally deliver it to you on a silver platter.
So I guess you have a Nielson box in your house that tracks when you watch Modern Family on cable so they can see that you're watching the advertising? No? Well then I suppose you mail them a check every month just for entertaining you? No? Well then I think you're paying them exactly the same amount (nothing) that I am.
I pay for Netflix. I watch the ads on Hulu. If they want to make money off me, they need to make deals with one of those two systems. Or provide it in an ad-supported way on their own websites. Because I'm not paying for cable TV until they offer me a reasonable a la carte service. And don't charge me out the ass for HD.
mydogfarted said:
Would be nice if this forced them to offer a-la-carte style service instead of the "You can get these 90 channels, or pay $40 for every channel we have" bullshit.
Keith said:Because I'm not paying for cable TV until they offer me a reasonable a la carte service.
Hate to break it to you, but it's not likely to happen. I worked for a (major) cable provider a few years back. During their annual internal "hey, what could we be doing better" survey, a significant portion of their employees suggested "a la carte" programming options. The response was that television would likely increase in price that way while many non-mainstream channels would disappear.
Get rid of ESPN or the Discovery Channel? Darn, now we can't afford to keep providing LOGO or BBC America.
This isn't a new idea. It's been suggested (mostly by consumers) plenty of times. I'm sure a quick Internet search could find all sorts of pros and cons.
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DevilsReject
Cleveland, OH
February 2007
JAN 11, 2011 09:01 PM
Keith said:
The days of content providers dictating to you when and how you consume their content are over. It's only a question of how long it takes all of them to realize this.
Those days are from over.
Like i had mentioned earlier, you know how to use a torrent, i know how to use a torrent, Ma and Pa Kettle and the vast majority of people are still watching TV over using torrents and pirating.
Add the fact that some people have had less than exciting experiences with torrents and end up paying people like me to fix their computer. Those people will more than likely end up never using a torrent site again.
Mr_Matt_
Pompano Beach, FL
July 2005
JAN 11, 2011 06:50 AM