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The OTT Dilemma: A Gazillion Channels And Nothing On
- by P.J. Bednarski , Staff Writer @pjbtweet, August 5, 2016
I find that if I take the time, I can make most of my Internet-connected devices work a little easier. But I don’t have the time for that, because I want them to work a lot easier.
Maybe this is the Shame of the New. We want things to be …
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P.J. Bednarski has written for MediaPost since 2012 on media and marketing topics. He can be reached at pj@mediapost.com
Thoroughly agree that there's a problem. But... I don't think they can solve it. (Heck, Amazon can't even recommend books well based on what I've read in the past. And that's simlper.)
Apple would do well to remember GoogleTV. This was entirely the goal of GoogleTV and it failed.
Here's a bit from a blog post I wrote in 2010. "Google’s release material put quite an emphasis behind the idea that today’s TV program listings are too complicated. Then they promise Google TV will fix this tiny problem by creating a much bigger one: finding programs by searching the internet." The Sound and Fury of GoogleTV https://dsgarnett.wordpress.com/2010/05/24/the-sound-fury-of-google-tv/
Just because Google cannot do something doesn't mean it cannot be done. But in this case, it would be like someone being able to do 100 things at the same time while mind reading.