The Streaming Wars Are Bringing On A New Media Dystopia

The return to piracy is both a bit of a meme and a bit of a reality. And its returnis absolutely the result of a market that giant companies have built tointentionally trap customers into either a single-company ecosystem(one ISP, one easy streaming service) or an annoying, expensivepatchwork. And while piracy signals discontent with the system, it’squite unlikely that these companies will react by changing theirapproach, let alone lowering prices. – Slate