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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
I do find you guys are very quick to draw conclusions from the most unlikely or innocent of statements. My opinion that the streamers will take over is not based on what I want, it's based on a common sense view of what will happen in the future. I accept that some of you disagree. Please let's move on from this petty argument and appreciate the fact that we now have far more choice than ever before. People are getting bored of this same old argument.
The main concern I have had over recent years is that people who are struggling with money and would benefit from streaming would be left behind as costs increase, but I am pleased that AVOD services now seem to be on the advance. Against that, streamers like Netflix and Disney are talking about a cheaper tier with advertisements. My hope is that all the main streamers will ultimately offer a free tier with ads so everyone can enjoy them.
Premium sports will always be paid-for content of course, so no change there.
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This is the thing, OB. You don’t actually accept that others disagree. Neither do you factor in the evidence put to you by others. You simply repeat ad nauseum the same “common sense view” that, from a straw poll looking around this forum, isn’t actually that common at all.
You describe streamers “taking over”. Taking over what exactly? The television market as a whole? Yet incumbents are incorporating streaming into their portfolio of products in the marketplace. These aren’t zero sum games with their existing, popular, profitable and massively revenue generating products.
If you merely mean as a technology while recognising the same dominant players will still have a significant presence in the marketplace then this view isn’t supported either given the glacial nature of technological progress.
You feign concern for those who simply want to watch, but not pay, for TV. Yet your vision of “progress” would be more limiting than what is available now where tried and tested mass market technologies are closed down in favour of IP based products.
I probably don’t have the same vision of what television looks like as most on the forum - the technology mix, how many linear channels will persist on each platform, etc. Everyone sees a greater role for streaming, and everyone sees consolidation into global conglomerates. However it is your absolutist view, aginst real world evidence, that somehow persists to dominate conversation because you insist on pushing it most.