Why are you so angry? I found the article to be quite thought provoking. And while I doubt many of these industries will truly be gone in 5 years, they will certainly be diminished, and I do think some will eventually disappear or be completely transformed in 10 to 15 years. Most of the comments were more than fine and agreed.

I agree on your "solution" and fear that will happen soon. For the past several years I've only had internet from my provider, and they recently offered me a "bundle" which essentially threw in the TV for free (I'm literally only paying about $9 more per month for fees and the cable box).

Ironically, I never use it. It actually found it more complicated to use than Netflix. Too many buttons on the remote, too hard to find something worth watching, Way too many clicks to get to the on demand stuff, and even there, I can only watch the last few episodes, not from the beginning of the series or even that season. I recently disconnected it completely to free up an HDMI port.

Here's hoping the cable companies don't catch on that they need to change up how their pricing works.

Thanks for this - this is the perfect kind of article for me, straightforward and lays out my alternatives.

Danny, I think those people are a minority. More of a factor is the added convenience. With the proliferation of watch at home options (Redbox movie vending machine at all the places I already frequent, Netflix, Hulu, SlingTV, even all the individuals channels which are coming out of with their own streaming services), the ability to watch cable or a streaming movie on one tv or device and pick it up in another room or on another device, and so on and so on. It's simply never been easier to stay at home.

The numbers game is fascinating :-(

Well said!

You guys are awesome, thanks!