I have a couple issues with this theory, based on general trends in technology and US infrastructure (barring Elon’s satellite internet).
Storage costs continue to decrease, while 1080p is good enough for most people.
A 4 TB drive is less than $100. 16TB drives are available.
Combined with h.265, that can hold a decent amount of movies and tv shows.
These costs continue to decrease, while capacity continues to increase.
On the other hand, we see little investment in US broadband deployments or upgrades, and these capacities continue to increase in price, without any benefit.
Additionally, the majority of the US that does have broadband, has nothing close to symmetric upload ability.
Maybe I agree with you!
I think affordable internet could be the straw that breaks the camels back.
If you are being charged for every byte transferred, it makes no sense to transfer the same data over and over again, because you enjoy watching it.
Store it once locally, and consume at will.
The whole idea of streaming is kinda dumb when you think about it, it is basically a poorly implemented remote file storage. It is really a product manifestation of IP laws, not technological possibilities.
Probably wasteful from an energy perspective, too.
Storage costs continue to decrease, while 1080p is good enough for most people.
A 4 TB drive is less than $100. 16TB drives are available.
Combined with h.265, that can hold a decent amount of movies and tv shows.
These costs continue to decrease, while capacity continues to increase.
On the other hand, we see little investment in US broadband deployments or upgrades, and these capacities continue to increase in price, without any benefit.
Additionally, the majority of the US that does have broadband, has nothing close to symmetric upload ability.
Maybe I agree with you!
I think affordable internet could be the straw that breaks the camels back.
If you are being charged for every byte transferred, it makes no sense to transfer the same data over and over again, because you enjoy watching it.
Store it once locally, and consume at will.
The whole idea of streaming is kinda dumb when you think about it, it is basically a poorly implemented remote file storage. It is really a product manifestation of IP laws, not technological possibilities.
Probably wasteful from an energy perspective, too.