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Opinion:
I want OTA to be the standard, not cable or streaming.
"Over the Air" is just relying on what is at this point very old technology and they keep kneecapping themselves with DRM just like internet options.
Further, there is no reason for there to not be streams of over-the-air television available on the internet for people who can't get their broadcast signals.
I have lived in two different cities that were valleys and so unless I had a 12 foot tall TV antennae on the top of my house/apartments, there was no way in hell I was getting more than one OTA channel at all anyway. The airwaves are inefficient in that capacity whereas they could be putting the exact same daily TV content online for viewers.
I see no reason why "over-the-air" can't also be "over-the-IP" for people who can't get a broadcast signal.
I just gave up on OTA. Why jump through hoops to watch TV on someone else’s schedule?
Why? I don't even know how you could achieve that now.
Because I don't want anyone to have to pay for ad-funded media (including cable & internet bills), and because I feel that if we reverted to OTA as a standard, we'd likely have fewer networks (yes I know that the digital standard means I went from having ~25 stations to ~200), which will make sure a larger percentage of each broadcast area will experience the same media and the same information. That will help make the news less siloed and bubbled.
So it's cheaper and it'll help people receive the same information and news.
You don't think anyone should pay for the Internet?
How does high budget TV get made in your world? Or people watching shows on their own timetable?
Honestly, I don't particularly want "high-budget", given the numbers I've heard thrown around lately compared to shows I've actually enjoyed. If you want more budget, go back to the old ways - advertising and corp sponsorships. Let the advertisers burn their money while most of us actively fight against their propaganda and manipulation.
If you're paying for the Internet, it ought to be ad-free. Otherwise, let Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Cloudflare foot the bill. I don't want to pay to watch commercials.
I do want higher-budget "prestige" TV series though. And I want to access them when I choose to online.
What shows are you referring to that you have enjoyed?
My ISP doesn't send me ads, so I don't get what you're referring to here.
As far as the ISP sending you ads, I don't particularly care about who's shoving that down my throat. I'm not paying for commercials, period. They want to shove ads and telemetry at me, make it free.
Most ads I see are from sites I don't pay for. Although I run ad block everywhere
I think it's safe to say that most everyone on the Fediverse is running adblock and probably also running a non-Blink browser. But I don't care about the sites as a difference. I care that they want to get into my head, and I'm being charged by anyone to watch anyone's commercials. If money is passing hands, I get ticked about ads.
I haven't enjoyed a single prestige or cable show that I can think of in the last 10-ish years. I don't subscribe to any of the streaming services, and I don't watch much cable TV. I only have the damn thing because it's cheaper than just having the internet, and my mother watches some of the cable-only channels.
The last big/new shows I tried to watch were Shannara (love the books and the PC game, bounced off the show) and Rings of Power which I didn't enjoy. The only Disney related property I've watched in that time is the new Tron movie and I saw that in a theater. SSSS.Gridman was disappointing, Gamera Rebirth deserves less love than I give it as a Gamera fan, the Godzilla trilogy wasn't worth its budget and I don't enjoy Singular Point.
Being perfectly honest, the main reason I turn on the TV lately is to watch shows from before 1980 (usually on DVD), and the only reason I connect to a transmission is for local news.
Well okay, but I do like modern streaming shows and would like them to keep being made.
Then you can pay for that specialized, expensive "experience". That should not be the standard - as you said, those things can be "prestige" for the rich or the irresponsible. The standard should be the free service
I mean it's not the standard. You don't have to subscribe to these services. There are free services that have TV shows you can watch.