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An Essay On Subscription Television

Posted by kdawson on from the wishes-and-horses dept.

dpu writes "Who would pay $1.99 to download a television episode that only costs about $0.0014 to see on cable? This is a short essay on the current and past state of subscription television, and a hope for the future. It skips a lot of points that the thinkers among us might care about, but it does the math and drives a nail into Big Content's pinky toe."

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  1. Re:when did we start paying for advertising? by The+PS3+Will+Fail · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "You may be paying directly for some premium channels,"
    So I am paying for content - which is exactly what I said, right fucktard?