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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

People were obviously pissed off at cable's fragmented model, but what killed it was the existence of video on demand services over the internet. The fact that at a certain point Netflix had everything certainly helped in adoption, but the biggest factor was not having to view at a specific time.

There is no such killer improvement on the horizon. All there is is the fragmented streaming market, or piracy.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Those on demand services arose to plug the hole of piracy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yarr, the killer improvement was here all along!