How did cable morph into an undesireable monopoly?
When did the connection owner get to dictate content?
Does Verizon dictate smartphone content? Somewhat but limited.
ISP cannot censor your websites. How can cable?
Trump could End the Monopolies, please.
Perhaps you meant to reply to someone other than me?
If we had been able to choose just the stations we wanted and pay ‘a la carte’, instead of paying for a huge package that included hundreds of things we had no use for, we might have kept cable TV. But you’re forced into contracts, prices keep going up - and you’re still using but a fraction of what you’re paying for.
I think the companies could manage to offer simpler options, because most people are not like our household - we’re not routinely interested in movies, sports, or even much network TV.
This is something that needs to be dealt with via legislation. Which I would support. In the mean time, we are able to use the Free Market to force the same sort of change.
I bet on the Free Market forcing the change faster and more effectively than legislation. Cut your cord, send a message with dollar signs. Help it go viral and see the changes happen real fast.