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Re:Disney acquires own streaming facilities, will pull Netfl... by TallGuyShort on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @07:50PM (#14964164)
>> Before you know it everyone will be paying for an ad-hoc cable subscription.

Still better than a cable subscription. That's my biggest beef. I want 2 channels and I can't get them for less than $150 a month. So they get nothing and neither do I.

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Re:Disney acquires own streaming facilities, will pull Netfl... by seanp2k2 on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @09:12PM (#14964691)
...and for those who are paying $150, $130 of it goes to lawyers and people trying to get laws passed to allow them to sabotage any real competition before it even becomes a problem. facepalm
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Re:Disney acquires own streaming facilities, will pull Netfl... by nebabyte on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @08:57PM (#14964601)
If we move fully into that model, how long do you think it will be before they realize merging with smaller networks to start hiking prices is more lucrative than letting people pick and choose?
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Re:Disney acquires own streaming facilities, will pull Netfl... by iends on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @11:20PM (#14965273)
That model is clearly not working currently.
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Re:Disney acquires own streaming facilities, will pull Netfl... by nebabyte on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @05:35PM (#14973892)
> kill competition, then raise the prices

Do I really have to go over econ 101 with you? The past distro channels look to "not work" while there's a better alternative; once the latter have a monopoly - oh fuck it, just sit back and pay attention.

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