Re:Apple is quietly pushing a TV ad product with media agencies
by lotsofpulp on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @11:33AM
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That is fine with me, media is a completely nonessential part of life, and a seller can sell how they want and a buyer can choose to buy or not buy.
The great thing is the unnecessary middleman that used to restrict how sellers can sell is now out of the picture. Or in Comcast’s case, merged into one entity.
But that is a separate problem of government not designating fiber internet as a utility.
I would not be surprised to see this go away. Some services have shows released regularly one episode at a time, which mimics broadcast TV (although that doesn't really bother me, and can be a good thing).
But I would be willing to bet that they begin restricting access to these shows based on subscription length or something (can only see a show with a 1 year subscription or something).
The goal is 100% to retake control from the consumer (well, it is to make money, but they will do that via controlling what a consumer can see).