Kevin Spacey urges TV channels to give control to viewers

[SouthernLiberal]

4. And it's not just young people!

I am.. shall we say, pushing 60, and I can tell you that this is a process that started years ago. I remember when my family first got cable, and we had HBO. On HBO, there was a new movie every Saturday night. But that same movie was on probably 20 times in the next month. And this is back when there was just one HBO channel.

Then there was Tivo, and the many DVRs that followed. Now, we could watch even episodic TV when we wanted to, not when the networks wanted us to.

Now I have Netflix, and Amazon Prime Video, and a Roku device, and a smart phone.

It is true, I suppose, that there are young people who have never known any other way, but many of us older folks have come to this point as well. I want to watch what I want, when I want and where I want.

And yes, I know that we are talking about something that is only a problem for those who can afford for it to be a problem.