How to fix the costly streaming/takeover wars: why not just end government intervention?

Photo above - tell me again: what happens in this scene after you bury me up to my head in the sand, and menace be with a polo mallet?

In case your internet news feed isn’t crazy enough, here’s a smattering of today’s headlines:

-Fox buys Roku, but why? They already have Tubi.

- It’s time to dump Roku, because Tubi has a better app

- Paramount says Netflix is sabotaging it’s WBD takeover

- Netflix raises prices again, cancels dozens of hit shows

- Paramount will merge with HBO Max. What happens next?

- Screen Guild members actors panic as CGI and AI make new shows affordable.

- Euphoria (HBO Max) faces calls for cancellation as “TV’s most toxic show”

Are we having fun yet? What we watch on TV – free or subscribed – is evidently being held hostage by politicians. Congressional hearings. White House approval. FCC review.

Ironic detour – I doubt of “Euphoria” can be considered TV’s most toxic show. I recall hundreds of people being burned alive in “Game of Thrones”. Mass rape. Mass castration. Public beheadings. Zombies everywhere. Having Zendaya buried up to her head in sand in a “Euphoria” episode is comedic by comparison.

Here’s my plan for a solution to all this: remove politicians (and their never- ending quest for “Succession” and “Yellowstone” style political donations) from the equation entirely. No hearings. No thumbs up needed by congress or the president for takeovers. Instead, anyone just create whatever streaming service they want. Charge whatever they want, or give it away free. Anyone can merge with anyone. And they can bankrupt their investors and shareholders if it’s a $hitty bad deal. I just DON’T think politicians should spend 24/7 creating winners and losers on cable TV, just for campaign contributions.

Because if America’s politicians are allowed to get away with this for cable, their next target is going to be all the internet. Just imagine the gazillions in campaign contributions and corruption that could happen there. Oh wait . . . $hit . . . it's already happening.

I’m just sayin’ . . .



It's time to dump Roku

Paramount says Netflix tried to sabotage WBD takeover