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Streaming giants have banded together for lobbying power (www.theverge.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Number1SummerJam@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] XTornado@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 years ago (10 children)

Wtf is shudder!?

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[–] Babalugats@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

This can only be a bad thing.

They will win and like live nation, will merge with more well placed companies until they are printing their own money.

[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The new group is led by two former policymakers acting as senior advisers: former Republican Rep. Fred Upton and former Democratic Federal Communications Commission (FCC) acting chair Mignon Clyburn.

Source: https://www.axios.com/2023/09/26/streamers-launch-first-official-trade-group

Mignon Clyburn is Jim Clyburn's daughter. SMH

[–] eee@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

Who's that?

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 19 points 2 years ago

Is good to see the US us finally embracing unions ❤️

[–] coffeebiscuit@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

With our powers combined we are CAPTAIN (old) CABLE!!!!

[–] Powerpoint@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 years ago

These fucks never did learn

[–] daredevil@kbin.social 17 points 2 years ago

This does not spark joy.

[–] ComfortablyGlum@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I wish I had never gotten rid of all my dvds

[–] MetalAirship@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Buy em back! DVDs are dirt cheap right now (sometimes $1 a pop at flea markets, garage sales, and thrift stores)

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[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Arrr matey, it be lookin like time to raid an pillage

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[–] sagrotan@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

The Expectables.

[–] Why9@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Great, now let me pay a single fee for the SIA, and be able to watch anything on any of those channels. I'd happily pay a higher amount for that privilege.

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[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

This is honestly what Google should've done with Fiber.

Big tech's lobbyist dollars would have beaten Comcast's with ease.

[–] tym@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm such an apathetic consumer of media nowadays.. it'd suck if we all just started going outside again, yknow?

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