[ethbro]

There is that point too. I think it can be summarized into the "consumers are only willing to jump through so many hoops" tenet.

[Splines]

Unfortunately we'll never see this solved - there are too many parties with conflicting interests to make everybody happy.

[Spivak]

The fact that "We need to get in on the streaming thing" is probably said in the boardroom of every media company is exactly what's going to kill it.

I am willing to pay for exactly one streaming service. The idea that streaming services will become the "pay only for the channels you watch" is second to the fact that all but a few streaming sites will wind up being complete shit.

So far only YouTube and Netflix have passable interfaces, cross platform support, and a half-decent discovery algorithm.