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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
Any time anyone discusses the seedy side of IPTV, you do NOT agree with them. So "normally I agree with you" is just flat out untrue.
I also make deals with my vendor. This year I caught them between promotions and a month after my old deal expired, so they wouldn't let me keep my old plan at the same price. However, instead of charging me another $30/month for my old plan on top of the $50 I was already paying, they gave me a new plan, twice the speed, for $3/month more. I don't need twice the speed, and my modem doesn't even go that high anyway. But they did make accommodations for me and even waived the $30 for that month, which was already underway when I called them.
I also got YouTubeTV to honor the old price for 6 months, even though they raised their prices. They also are on notice that if Hulu+TV doesn't raise -their- prices, when my 6 months are up, I'll be switching to Hulu+TV since I'll get more for less, at that point.
I'm happy to pay for copyrighted material. The people who produce these shows, the actors, the lighting folks, script-writers, the set designers, make-up artists, and everyone else - they all deserve to get paid. You might be fine promoting a service that allows people to bypass all that. But that doesn't make it ethical and in some cases, the end result is illegal.
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You misunderstood my response, to be clearer, I would normally agree to this statement that was made "When companies start losing customers that’s when they start making deals, it’s not the other way around." I'm glad you are so perficient in negotiating with your providers and I hope that model lasts for a while. It may not, we just don't know.
As far as IPTV is concerned, we will have to wait and see what happens with these services in the future. You are right I've been going back and forth on this type of service but for now i'm going to sit on the sidelines and see what actually happens.
My initial post was to focus on cable companies seeing more cord cutting than they anticipated and why, which is causing some companies to re-organize their business and possibly the cableTV model going away sooner than originally forcast.