You've got to be kidding. Considering the bandwidth usage advertisements add to web pages and in an era of artifical caps to moneti$e the users, advertising can be very expens$ive $peech indeed.
The cost to the user of malware can be astronomical.
Companies listen to whoever is paying them for their products and services.
Advertising-supported entertainment companies listen to the advertisers and the people who actually watch (or put up with) the shows don't matter.
Customer-supported companies, on the other hand, listen to their customers and don't give a hang about intrusive outsiders like advertisers.
One benefit of the new arrangement is an hour-long show can BE an hour-long show. In the 1960s, an Outer Limits episode was 50 minutes long. (Guess where the other 10 minutes went.) Buffy episodes (1997-2003), OTOH, were 40 minutes long. (Same guess.)
People will pay gladly NOT to have one-third of an hour of their time being a dead waste.
The enormous benefits to the viewers are quite apparent to both Netflix and the viewers. Netflix KNOWS that shows are being watched and that "ratings" per se don't mean a damn thing. So good shows have much better odds of surviving. And they're always available on demand for whenever the viewer wants to watch them. I call that a very good deal.
Re: Re: How long does it take for a legacy industry to get the word?
I've seen what cable calls "subtitles", AKA closed-captions. I earthlight as a proofreader, and if I left text that lousy in a book, I wouldn't even be allowed near an assignment. And VOD only exists for as much space as your expensively-provided box allows, as long as you don't try to skip the commercials.
I'm sure they thought of it before brain-dead politicans and others started whining about backdoors.
After all, drones looking for you, and a willingness to kill everybody in your vicinity as long as they get you is a powerful incentive for secure communications and their continuous improvement.
Netflix, at least, is trying to pay attention to what the customers want, not what the stockholders want.
Netflix could have my trade (and probably a LOT more trade from people my age) in about the time it takes to sign up if they'd announce the availability of subtitles in streams.
I've pretty much quit going to theaters because the subtitling systems in use force your eyes to focus either on the screen or the subtitles but not both at the same time.
There's a simple resolution available to the state.
Attach a rider to the law that city government assets can be seized by the state government for failure to obey the law, no conviction required. The city's own arguments can then work against them, since making the citizens safe from the city can justify the seizure, just like drunk driving.
You MUST buy this is a great way to generate cord-cutting.
Back in 1992, I got a really neat offer from Comcast. I could get a five-channel package that included the then-new Sci Fi Channel. Problem was, that channel was the ONLY one that appealed to me. I forget what the other must-take-this channels were, but they didn't even make the needle on my interest-o-meter wiggle. And $30/month just to watch ONE channel?
I asked about getting just the one channel. I was told it was five channels or nothing. So I chose nothing, canceled my account, and let the cable rot. I told my wife, to hell with them. A few years ago, my wife invited Comcast to perdition for crappy programming and crappier internet.
Haven't gone back, even though I regularly get treeware spam in my mailbox. Fortunately, I have a capacious blue bin to see such trash safely off to recycling.
After 23 years, it's good to see others realizing that they don't need greedy bastards telling them what they can and can't watch.
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Don’t call it “A Uniform System of Citation”
Somewhere the Irony Fairy is laughing her head off.
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FREE speech?
The cost to the user of malware can be astronomical.
On the post: Senators Whine About FCC's 25 Mbps Broadband Standard, Insist Nobody Needs That Much Bandwidth
Now THAT's something nice to know.
On the post: Broadcaster, Cable Bickering Leads To Record Number of TV Content Blackouts
Consumers have an easy option to avoid this mess.
On the post: Netflix Mocks NBC's Obsession With TV Ratings Systems Built For A Bygone Era
What matters to whom matters.
Advertising-supported entertainment companies listen to the advertisers and the people who actually watch (or put up with) the shows don't matter.
Customer-supported companies, on the other hand, listen to their customers and don't give a hang about intrusive outsiders like advertisers.
One benefit of the new arrangement is an hour-long show can BE an hour-long show. In the 1960s, an Outer Limits episode was 50 minutes long. (Guess where the other 10 minutes went.) Buffy episodes (1997-2003), OTOH, were 40 minutes long. (Same guess.)
People will pay gladly NOT to have one-third of an hour of their time being a dead waste.
The enormous benefits to the viewers are quite apparent to both Netflix and the viewers. Netflix KNOWS that shows are being watched and that "ratings" per se don't mean a damn thing. So good shows have much better odds of surviving. And they're always available on demand for whenever the viewer wants to watch them. I call that a very good deal.
On the post: NBC Exec: Netflix Poses No Threat To Us, God Wants You To Watch Expensive, Legacy TV
Re: Re: How long does it take for a legacy industry to get the word?
Meh.
On the post: ISIS Now Has Its Own Encrypted Messaging App; Doubt They'll Abide By Politicians' Demands For Backdoors
Re: See what happens when politicians
After all, drones looking for you, and a willingness to kill everybody in your vicinity as long as they get you is a powerful incentive for secure communications and their continuous improvement.
On the post: ISIS Now Has Its Own Encrypted Messaging App; Doubt They'll Abide By Politicians' Demands For Backdoors
When encryption is outlawed, only outlaws will have encryption.
On the post: NBC Exec: Netflix Poses No Threat To Us, God Wants You To Watch Expensive, Legacy TV
How long does it take for a legacy industry to get the word?
1. VOD
2. Subtitles
3. A price that's not going to leave my wallet asking "Hey! Where did everybody go?"
What does Netflix have, even without streaming?
1. VOD
2. Subtitles when the title has them available (which is most of them these days.)
3. A price that has my wallet saying "Go ahead and eat hot food and sleep indoors. You're covered."
'nuff said.
On the post: Netflix CEO 'Loves' Netflix Password Sharing
Netflix, at least, is trying to pay attention to what the customers want, not what the stockholders want.
I've pretty much quit going to theaters because the subtitling systems in use force your eyes to focus either on the screen or the subtitles but not both at the same time.
On the post: Former UK Bureaucrat Whines About People Happily Looking At Mobile Phones Rather Than Fearfully Spying On Everyone Else
I feel sorry for her.
On the post: HIV Dating App Company Threatens Press With HIV Infection For Reporting On Personal Info Leak
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
On the post: New Mexico Legislators Sue City For Refusing To Follow New Asset Forfeiture Law
There's a simple resolution available to the state.
On the post: ESPN Ignored Cord Cutting Threat, Paid For It With Huge Viewership Losses
You MUST buy this is a great way to generate cord-cutting.
I asked about getting just the one channel. I was told it was five channels or nothing. So I chose nothing, canceled my account, and let the cable rot. I told my wife, to hell with them. A few years ago, my wife invited Comcast to perdition for crappy programming and crappier internet.
Haven't gone back, even though I regularly get treeware spam in my mailbox. Fortunately, I have a capacious blue bin to see such trash safely off to recycling.
After 23 years, it's good to see others realizing that they don't need greedy bastards telling them what they can and can't watch.
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I hope the Goddess Streisand is pleased.
On the post: Montana Newspaper Announces Plans To Reveal The Names Of All Previous Commenters, Despite Promises To Keep Them Secret
Re: Identity Crisis
On the post: Montana Newspaper Announces Plans To Reveal The Names Of All Previous Commenters, Despite Promises To Keep Them Secret
Maxim 16
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries
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The question Big Cable is really asking.
On the post: Wired Releases A Story Early To Apple News Users; Wired Readers Not Happy
Re: Re: Re: Early for those who pay? It's an outrage! -- Sez the guy who let paying "Insiders" read and comment on THIS item first!
On the post: Wired Releases A Story Early To Apple News Users; Wired Readers Not Happy
Informal definition of "wired"
I think that may cover this case.
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