[opendtv] Re: Keyboard and Mouse, Are They the Hindrance?
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:54:48 -0600
Dan Grimes wrote:
> Collusion? I certainly cannot argue for or against. But one is
> very limited and you know there are some serious agreements and
> negotiations to get those applications on the TV. Whether they
> are considered collusion in the negative sense, perhaps.
I meant, in the most negative sense possible.
You're too kind, Dan. Let me ask you this: would you consider buying a TV set
whose ATSC receiver was programmed to only accept, say, ABC and CBS? I wouldn't
even consider it.
Consumers are being lulled into thinking that Internet TV content to only come
from a small number of by-subscription sites, just as they were lulled into
thinking previously that you needed an MVPD subscription to get TV content. And
if consumers march to that tune like lemmings, which they of course did in the
past, the TV content owners will only be too happy to oblige.
You know how the banks were trying to charge consumers for using bank cards,
inane as that idea sounds? Consumers rebelled, and the banks had to rethink.
We need that kind of backbone, from consumers, in these matters too.
Bert
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