[opendtv] Re: Global CIO: Steve Jobs Creating New-Age Broadcasting Network?
- From: Cliff Benham <flyback1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:24:03 -0500
Hmm.
What IS a walled garden?
I guess DirecTV and Dish are both examples of walled gardens since you
have to rent or lease a receiver from them to enable getting any of the
programming they offer at all. No receiver, no DirecTV or Dish programs.
Period.
You can not under any circumstances OWN or outright buy a receiver from
them, or from any other manufacturer. They only rent or lease their own
proprietary receivers so they have complete and total control over them.
They also completely control how "your" rented receiver works. If you
miss a payment or get into a billing dispute with them, they will
disable the receiver until you meet ALL their demands.
Their receivers will not receive any other type of programs from any
source other than their satellites.
Some used to include an early version of an ATSC receiver but it was
fairly useless. I had one, a Samsung, which I bought and owned, but they
disabled it when they changed their policy on receiver ownership.
They told me it might have "broken".
Comcast and other cable and fiber systems are much the same.
All walled gardens. So tightly walled, it is a stranglehold on viewers.
I will never be a "walled garden" customer, ever.
Cliff
On 11/9/2010 4:05 PM, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
Bert seems to think that companies that operate "walled gardens"
will stick it to their customers...
Well, duh, Craig.
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