Disney acquires own streaming facilities, will pull Netflix content

Re:Disney acquires own streaming facilities, will pull Netfl... by Clubber on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @10:57PM (#14965145)

Comcast in my area was charging me around $130 a month for HD cable with a primary box and a secondary box with a DVR. I could subscribe to 13 premium channels @10$ a month before I started paying the same amount. I don't have 13 channels I like. I could buy 6 entire seasons @$20 a piece and that lasts longer than a month.

ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, PBS, all free with an antenna I just ordered.

Would I like the same thing I had with Comcast @13$ a month? Sure, but that's not realistic. At least not yet. Cable in the US is a huge ripoff because they cornered the market through lobbying and deals with local municipalities. It's time for them to get their "come-upins." Next is internet service.

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Re:Disney acquires own streaming facilities, will pull Netfl... by LeifCarrotson on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @09:03AM (#14968271)

It's "comeuppance": https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/comeuppance

And yes, next is internet service. But the unfortunate side-effect of the cable monopolies is that they're currently the best positioned with infrastructure to reach homes with high-bandwidth connections over the same lines which previously served cable TV. I don't want to see these same companies becoming ISPs and continue shoveling the same crap in the future.

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