I disagree that the decline of viewer ship is purely technological. I believe that is a significant factor in a fairly complex explanation.
Cost of Cable/Satellite is a factor, so is choosing to create really bad TV. Just last night cruising the guide I saw a show titled "I'm pregnant and so is my teen." I wanted to cancel my provider right then and there and I could easily name 10 more really crappy shows on prime time./div>
I think this is a wonderful idea, and since politicians and civil servants all work for the people, please provide me with your social media login info. I want to make sure you're not misbehaving./div>
I'm a huge iGoogle and Google Reader fan. In fact I was planning to replace iGoogle with Reeder as my landing page once the former was retired.
I would have happily paid to retain both services.
In thinking about their actions, I suspect Google anticipated others doing this and this is part of their strategy to push users to their under used social networking platform.
Like you Mike, I'm not questioning my reliance on Google and am looking at moving to alternative services for most things.
This is actually a good thing in the end because as you point out, it's going to open opportunities for new players in the market. Yes alternatives exist, and if anything more will crop up.
Anyways, on to research and test Google service alternatives./div>
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Decline primary technological
Cost of Cable/Satellite is a factor, so is choosing to create really bad TV. Just last night cruising the guide I saw a show titled "I'm pregnant and so is my teen." I wanted to cancel my provider right then and there and I could easily name 10 more really crappy shows on prime time./div>
Since politicians work for the people...
Still trying to push people to G+
I would have happily paid to retain both services.
In thinking about their actions, I suspect Google anticipated others doing this and this is part of their strategy to push users to their under used social networking platform.
Like you Mike, I'm not questioning my reliance on Google and am looking at moving to alternative services for most things.
This is actually a good thing in the end because as you point out, it's going to open opportunities for new players in the market. Yes alternatives exist, and if anything more will crop up.
Anyways, on to research and test Google service alternatives./div>
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