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Re:Instagram is shifting to videos – users aren't happy by robotshmobot on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @05:39PM (#32257368)
>There's something about the way you phrased this that just made me just realize there's a very real possibility that the internet could turn into television part two.

My friend, we're already there.

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Re:Instagram is shifting to videos – users aren't happy by lotsofpulp on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @05:53PM (#32257520)
How? I can enter any URL I want and go to any page I want. Anyone can start a website, and I can effortlessly visit it.

Does not seem at all comparable to being locked into what some bosses at a cable/satellite TV/TV channel company decide you have access to, at the time they say you can access it. With no ability to upload.

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Re:Instagram is shifting to videos – users aren't happy by sssilver on Thursday July 28, 2022 @04:40AM (#32261794)
You can, but will you? Or will you type keywords into a search box and trust a company’s ranking to just land you on the URL?

And if that’s how 99.9% of users are experiencing the internet, how is that not a TV?

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Re:Instagram is shifting to videos – users aren't happy by Finnucane on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @05:54PM (#32257536)
5 billion channels and nothing to watch.
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