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"To be clear, the shift from traditional cable television to streaming TV has
been a
very good thing. Consumers had grown irritated with bloated, expensive
bundles of channels they never watched, and customer service that was literally
ranked some of the worst of any industry in America. Based on recent data, it’s
not a trend that’s going to be slowing down anytime soon.
But there is trouble in paradise, and it’s pretty clear the honeymoon phase of
the streaming revolution is over.
Netflix, for example, recently lost subscribers for the first time and Wall
Street is pressuring it to nickel-and-dime its users. Popular programming is
disappearing for no good reason, companies are starting to mindlessly
consolidate, prices are going up, the fractured hunt for exclusives risks
driving users back to piracy, and a lot of folks are getting fired as once-fat
budgets tighten."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
