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I like being right every now and then.. And recently (yesterday actually) I read an entry on the Roku forum and I expanded on it my  wisdom on it.. Such as it is.. So here is the entry original :

SlingTV capped at 2 Million users

 "Was reading the interweb news today and came across an article that says that per their agreement with broadcasters, Sling TV has a max user cap of 2 Million users. Once that is reached/exceeded the broadcasters have the right to pull their programming. I hadn't heard any of this till today. Any thoughts????"

 My response : "From the article : "They want it to be a complementary product and not a competing product that cannibalizes their core business," Ms. Ranganathan said. "They don't want it to become too popular." Well doesn't that just strip your gears... My feelings are that it sounds like they think of streaming players as a novelty, and not the true future of the way people will want their programing delivered.. I've also heard via an article in Time (the one with Cuba story in it) where streaming will eventually be just like cable tv is, where you buy tiers and get shafted with the old model of paying for that next tier because it has that channel you just need, and they know that because that is the business model.. Hopefully people will not allow this to happen.. AGAIN.." 

and a response by someone who was trying to watch the semifinals Saturday night on the sling (app) channel via Roku : 

"I am a sling subscriber and if they don't fix the issues with the errors while watching the final four saturday night they won't have to worry about 2 million users.
I dropped directv due to the offer of live sports and the 1st time they have a big event we get errors. Overall the service has not been that bad but when you have those kinds of issues with big games on you want attract alot of subscribers. I know eventually the price will go up with slingtv but I figure the savings on the standard package will be worth it for now. Hopefully when Monday night football starts we want have the issues like they did on Saturday."

Another reply :  

"You hit the nail right smack on the head stutch...that is exactly where i think we're headed if people don't wise-up to Dish NOW,
before it's too late,because what we buy into today is most likely what we'll be forced to pay for in the future...ie;More Bundles and tiers of service...and Nothing will have changed except the method of delivery...just the way the cable/sat cabal wants it."

Followed by the best response to this point : 

" You couldn't be more correct...Just like subscribing to cable..."no difference there"...then you'll pay...and pay...and pay...and then you'll pay some more...for channels you never watch nor wanted...and there's no difference there either...and now they've got you where they want you...trapped like a Rat...in a bundle...AGAIN...no difference there either...it's just the way the cable/sat cabal wants it...and you and some others around here eat it up like it's the best thing since sliced bread...Fools...Well...if bundles and tiers of service is what you want,then go for it...y'all obviously haven't learned your lesson...And Never Will....It's totally beyond me why you people would ever argue for bundles and tiers of service (and that IS what you're arguing for whether you know it or not) when us cord cutters/cord never's are trying to get away,and stay away from,the cable/sat cabal...that's why we bought a Roku and/or other media players...and now you're anxious to bring that monstrous cable/sat cabal to the internet??...are you people crazy or something...wanting "entertainment" sooo badly that you'll enslave yourselves and your finances to the cable/sat cabal once again??...see...you and a whole bunch others around here still have Not learned your lesson...and You Never Will...go figure.. ...bah bah bah... " 

To my final reply on this entry : 

"Right on it.. The tiers.. I was reading a post elsewhere about Sling tv here and someone said when they add this channel or that, they would try Sling out.. And as you have stated in your reply, another bundle, another tier.. And the truth is NOW is when people who are getting sling can make it be what they want. To me the perfect tier of channels would be exactly what you want without paying for even a single channel you don't ever intend to watch because you never have.. So if they have the perfect delivery of channels then that would be ten, eleven, seven or even just two channels that you pay for.. No twenty for two (but you're getting 18 more channels).. That's the thinking by cable/satellite and people dive head first into the shallow end thinking it's a good deal.. IT'S NOT.. To me the Roku has always been about choice.. Not really giving up on a certain way to think of getting your entertainment but rather getting what you want when you want it.. VOD.. Someone else was saying when they can get Encore they will be happy.. Check what Encore delivers and then get the channel that closely resembles that.. VUDU or Amazon or whatever.. Don't over encourage channels like HBO to deliver the goods, that might backfire on you.."

To the final reply :  "Christ, people. It's entertainment. If you don't like it, or don't trust it, don't buy it. Is it that hard? No one is focing you to buy it."  

My reply to that would be that is true.. You make the choice with what you pay for.. True that.. But the truth is sling can get out of hand, the quote "well once they add this or that channel then I will get it" well that is walking into the trap that is that next tier, you pay for it and you have lists that include that one channel and leaves the rest of that tier in the ignore these file.. You pay for them, but never watch much at all. But it has that channel you wanted, can't live without it.. Well that is the trap that i and others are talking about avoiding.. Sling has that potential to be the service everyone is after.. Going ala carte is what everyone wants.. dish initially tried that back in the early days of being a company.. We will give you what you want*...  * sorry no we can't.. The reason is quite simple, they are tied to these channels, and so the reason some of the tiers are full of shit channels (think paid commercials and barf like that) is because it brings the price of those channels down.. People on the roku only want what they want..They don't want filler.. Netflix is the only channel we pay for.. Would we get sling tv??  Right now the answer is no.. Could that ever change..  Depends on many things..  I don't want fifty channels that we might watch ten or twelve.. That is just not a good trade.. More isn't what most Roku users are after, they want concise channels..   This isn't supposed to be cable tv light..  Anyway that's my opinion.. Such as it is.. 

Badge Henry