Aged Well

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2 pointsprtkgpt4 comments

This wasn't a particularly interesting or novel prediction in 2009. TiVo had existed for years.

That's all people really do differently with their TV/computers today: they watch on-demand.

Even in 2009, some people had set up Linux machines as entertainment boxes to create early Roku-like devices that could stream pirated or ripped content.

He's not talking about TiVo and Roku. The only thing different is on-demand streaming? That's laughable. YouTube created a new category where anyone can have their own TV show. Twitch took it a step further by making it live and interactive with the audience. Paul was dead on with this one.

PG was talking about the devices people used to consume media, not to produce it.

The article is called "Why TV Lost". Not sure I understand the new title here?

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