PDF warning. Lead article on Slashdot this AM. Thought it fit with the weekend conversation.
Also from the article on /., last year MLb paid $300 million to stream League of Legends
I hereby dub the Millenials the "Serial Killer" generation.
Cable isn't worth it. It's expensive and a poor value. Not to mention the poor customer service that comes with it. I like to have baseball on when I'm doing stuff around the house and I'll poke my head in and look at the score. But you want me to invest $100 in that per month and you quickly see how ludicrous that is. Also you want me to pay you to rent a DVR and prevent me from buying my own. And I have to have an ugly box I don't want. And I have to put up with so many other channels that I don't want. Fuck the whole notion. It's nonsense. I'll watch Netflix.
Dude. Get a television antenna. They're still amazing if you watch public broadcasting, local news, or just have the TV on in the background while you do chores. Plus, there's tons of new digital channels that show everything from old westerns to crappy sci-fi to I don't even fucking know.
Oh that "TV - Traditional" field is delicious to look at. How much longer and how much more aggressive will these kind of articles get towards "Millennials"? Really, everything is going by way of the record industry. Oh no, we made an exorbitant amount of money and got too used to it and now things are changing LET'S BLAME THE CONSUMER INSTEAD OF OUR OWN PRACTICES.
I'd much rather watch h3h3 keep it real (although a little less so, as of late, o boohoo) than a bunch of news "personalities" with makeup, 10 billion studio lights, a teleprompter, and an institutionalized axe to grind. I don't even know how these dumbasses get their little articles published. Oh, right, like-minded dumbasses.
I'm hesitant to make an analogy like that. The main distinction, I think, is that mom and pop shops generally don't peddle ideas. Not that there are too many good ideas floating around YouTube. Recently, there's been a concerted effort by established media to sabotage YouTube's revenue stream. Did I mention that I hate the fucking 'Boomers? As more and more of them become aware of their own inability to progress with the quickening pace of society, it's going to get worse before it gets better, I think. A huge gap exists between academic journals and the casual, p2p YouTube-style of addressing an audience. If I can fill that niche without nerfing my reputation (sometimes I practice ruining myself on Hubski), there's something to be made of it. A big something. I've already got my own little plan I set in motion several years ago, and it's still kinda hush hush, but it's going very well so far. Apparently, I'm one of the only people in my little bubble that has any desire to explore the realm where academia meets emerging forms of media. More crabby old men to blame for that one, too. But yep, I'm scared of Google, and the sort of "permanent internet record" that it exemplifies. It'd be silly not to be.
This is all war by proxy. We millennials are most interested in killing the baby boomers themselves, but we're also trying to stay out of prison. And Trump's mah boi, really gonna put a dent in their numbers. But seriously, how thick do you gotta be to not comprehend that we're DONE with this model in which my only choice is to change the channel? Ads are almost half of all TV airtime, and I'm supposed to just let some out-of-touch old man behind a curtain decide 100% of "the actual content" for a non-interactive "programming" session? Bitch, I hope your shit absolutely tanks. ESPN is a great example! Thank you. It's going to be hard to top the Great Apathy act of the 'Boomers, but there are plenty of peeps still trying. I'm going to shake them all by the shoulders before I make my way to the grave. Mmmmmm I drank too much coffee.