Apple May Be On The Verge Of Kneecapping The Cable Industry. Finally.

Re: Apple May Be On The Verge Of Kneecapping The Cable Indu... by ezy on Tuesday December 22, 2009 @01:49PM (#1010470)

That's somewhat subjective -- I've found Netflix's OD to be pretty good. At any rate, "weak" is less important than ubiquitous right now. Weak is easy to fix, you just encode more titles and perhaps upgrade your software. Netflix is on(in) almost every device that counts for home entertainment now. Not in the future, not waiting for some specialized device or deal... they are present and accounted for. All they need to do is start providing more recent content, and they are there.

Apple is essentially nowhere in this space.. AppleTV is it. And not many people bought into that (I did, and I was disappointed). Not only that, but apple offers no clear benefit -- netflix is at least cheaper than driving to blockbuster -- appletv has never been cheap to "rent" from and given the quality -- that's not really justifiable.

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Re: Apple May Be On The Verge Of Kneecapping The Cable Indu... by houseabsolute on Tuesday December 22, 2009 @02:45PM (#1010597)

But if Apple gets the TV deal and Netflix does not, then all of these points are moot. My point is that Netflix's drive to ubiquity over content is great for getting new customers, but it doesn't offer much to someone who already has a way to consume the content they offer. If Apple offers me a better deal, I'll be dropping Netflix quickly.

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