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How come there can be laws about manufacturers not selling directly to consumers for cars where it makes no fucking sense but not for media where it might actually be beneficial.
Laws regulating TV shows? I just don't see any need for it. We will all be fine without that media. Read a book or take a walk or browse free online media.
Of course simultaneous price increases suggest a possible antitrust issue, and that should be dealt with (but don't cross your fingers) along with all the other antitrust issues in other areas.
Laws around content producers distributing their own content so we end up with every company with it's own streaming service. That way we would have 3rd party ones that have all the content and we can choose based on platform features rather than content being held hostage.
I'm sure it would be difficult and maybe impossible to do in practice but I can dream right.
Isn't that what cable channels were before? I guess some channels were owned by production companies (or at least co-owned), but a lot needed to be licensed. That's still kind of the case with older shows on today's streaming platforms, but the self-produced garbage does indeed seem to dominate.