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The Hidden Costs of Premium Inflation https://i.postimg.cc/kgsJmdRV/322r23r3.jpg Low-cost streaming was fun while it lasted but it's quickly getting more expensive. A new trend these days among many companies is called Premiumflation. Instead of increasing prices directly, companies introduce a mor...

A lost lawsuit, a flimsy appeal, and misleading public statements... things aren't looking good for the Internet's archivist. https://i.postimg.cc/PqrN05HB/wededffd.jpg On April 19th, The Internet Archive filed the final brief in their appeal of the "Hachette v. Internet Archive" lawsuit (for which...

The price of cheap streaming. Meanwhile, Roku keeps making more money. https://i.postimg.cc/fLc6BGK2/qedqdwdq.jpg Roku CEO Anthony Wood disclosed plans to introduce video ads to the Roku OS home screen. The news highlights Roku’s growing focus on advertising and an alarming trend in the streaming i...

Pixalate’s research into open programmatic advertising finds Bundle ID (App) Spoofing is the most common form of ad fraud impacting 747 apps in the Amazon Fire CTV app store; Invalid SSAI (“Proxy”) ranks second (17% of all IVT) impacting 478 apps in Q1 2024. https://i.postimg.cc/bN1cRfrJ/erfcerev.p...

Major internet providers once again will have to abide by a set of robust rules of the road, prohibiting them from blocking or throttling traffic, as the FCC today reinstated net neutrality regulations. https://i.postimg.cc/QdKQWMkT/QWDQWCWEC.jpg The latest net neutrality rules resemble those adopt...

The skinny bundle streamer is adding channels from AMC Networks, WE tv, TV One, and Weigel Broadcasting. https://i.postimg.cc/43M59bM4/r432rf34g4.jpg Whether you are in search of sports, scares, or something in between, customers of the live TV streaming skinny bundle Philo have even more options. ...

Both Charter and Comcast have rolled out streaming TV packages for a fraction of the price of their cable TV counterparts … but without live sports. https://i.postimg.cc/k5P6Hzx0/24r2rfr43.jpg The top cable TV companies lost more than 3.8 million subscribers in 2023, with Comcast alone losing more ...

The Rot Economy: How Companies Profit from Frustrating Consumers https://i.postimg.cc/1zK498kt/wefwefec.jpg "The Rot Economy — the illogical, product-destroying mindset that turns the products you love into torturous, frustrating quasi-tools that require you to fight the company’s intentions to get...

Now You See It and Now You Don't. https://i.postimg.cc/rpVy3nJB/3eggbt5.jpg LG has built a unique OLED TV that offers a new approach. Instead of looking at a big blank screen, this TV neatly rolls down into a small box allowing you to place a painting, mirror, or other art object on the wall to loo...

Google is getting ready to launch a new Chromecast with Google TV. It will retain the 4K resolution of the current $49.99 model and come with a new remote. https://i.postimg.cc/qBKMCT6B/2343r44.jpg We’re now finally getting that Chromecast with Google TV 4K replacement. The model from 2020 has a 1....