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Originally Posted by jfman

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.

Goodness me, OB really lives in your head, rent free.