On 21/11/16 09:06, Ian wrote:
One day the whole scam might finally fall apart and internet and TV content
will be decimated. Hopefully whatever's left will have more value than the
steaming pile of click-bait we have now.

Sorry for the babble. Bad cold and too many lemsips. Safer than trying
to write code.

100% with you here.

The problem is, who pays?

In days of Yore, BBC licence fee went to teh BBC which was one of only
2-3 available channels. It could guarantee massive audiences, and it did
good stuff.

Then it became one of many, and struggled to be 'relevant' enough to
justify the license fee. Under Blair that meant stuffing itself full of
politically correct propagandists.

Greg dyke, tried, and was sacked for being even handed about the Hutton
enquiry. At that point it was obvious that the advertisers controlled
commercial content, and Tony Blair and the Left controlled the BBC.

Because they are the paymasters, or the ones who control the cash in the
case of the BBC license.

What will in all probability replace them is the likes of Netflix, or
Amazon prime - pay to view content. And the prizes will go to the one's
that provided it advert free.

I make it a rule not to buy stuff I see advertised on TV unless its a
very very special case.

The stupidity is, that with the internet anyone who is genuinely
interested in a given purchase can fund out all they need without being
bombarded with bull****. Or would be if the companies selling would take
the trouble to provide them with facts, rather than image.



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