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Re:It's VHS vs. Beta all over again, but worse by karmakaze on Monday April 08, 2019 @12:37AM (#19602138)
Ideally yes. Practically I think consumers will be happy to choose between 1-3 providers. Think about it, up until now we were paying cable companies the price of all the 'all you can stream' services combined. Except in regions where selection is just not immediately available piracy will continue.
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Re:It's VHS vs. Beta all over again, but worse by basch on Monday April 08, 2019 @08:12AM (#19604444)
And now the cable companies own the content (Comcast/NBC Universal, ATT/DirecTV/WarnerTurnerHBO)

The cable companies are not an independent Layer 2 anymore.

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