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Originally Posted by Paul
Utter nonsense. You of all people are just as incessant.  |
You mean I take the trouble to respond again and again to people who seem to have taken from my posts things I was not even saying, or getting the wrong end of the stick? Guilty as charged.
I just have to add a link to support something I say and the usual suspects fall on me like a ton of bricks. This is not normal behaviour.
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Originally Posted by epsilon
I get that you believe that, it's just at odds with what I am seeing. No point in debating how you feel about the opinions of others though. Someone not agreeing with you doesn't really fit the definition of trolling. Maybe you just have a problem with dealing with the fact that not everyone will agree with your way of thinking.
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Oh, I get that people will have different views on this, and I completely accept that. But have you not seen previous posts in response to mine on this subject? The people who accuse me of being absolutely adamant that my 2035 ‘prediction’ is correct are just as adamant that their view that IPTV will not happen soon and conventional channels will not disappear is correct. My ‘prediction’ is not a guaranteed outcome, of course I know that - I am simply giving my view. I am happy to accept the views of others will differ from mine, but the attitude that what I am saying could never happen is a failure to accept that things can change.
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Originally Posted by epsilon
Again. you are ignoring the opinions of others and viewing your opinion as the only correct opinion. It isn't "correct", it's just an opinion and no more valid that what everyone else thinks about the value of specific features. So, as things stand, these customers will probably realise they can get "lowest common denominator" services elsewhere and will simply leave because Virgin no longer provides what they want.
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I am not ignoring the opinions of others, and I have been diligent in addressing their points of view in my responses.
What you are saying here about people who may leave Virgin if viewers only have a choice of the V6 in the future is correct. The point I’m making is simply that if Virgin so decide, there is nowhere else to go to keep those features that some are saying they can’t do without.
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Originally Posted by epsilon
You are somewhat correct about no other provider stepping forward to provide missing features. The barriers to entry in the content distribution market are massive. Normally, basic supply and demand would mean another provider would step in to supply a product with the features demanded by the consumers. In this instance, perhaps not.
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Agreed.
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Originally Posted by epsilon
The actual point though, which you have deliberately ignored, is that by starving the V6 of apps, Virgin has already forced users to go elsewhere for their streaming content. If Virgin goes on to remove the only features keeping these customers, they will leave. I get that you don't see this as important, I'm afraid others will.
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I agree with all that, except your last sentence. I simply said that the features the V6 has that the 360 has not are minor features. I get it that some people think they are important to them.
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Originally Posted by epsilon
It does seem that, with Old Boy, it is "my way or the highway".
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No, epsilon, I am just giving my point of view. Nothing anyone has said changes my basic presumption that the V6 will not be around for that much longer and that everything will be broadcast on demand or by live stream via IPTV by 2035 unless the government intervenes.
I could not fail to notice that some contributors vehemently disagree, and that’s fine. But if they misunderstand or misrepresent what I’ve said, I will respond.
I hope that clears things up.