Just the fact that the RIAA is currently run by a guy who famously got his job at the RIAA just months after sneaking language into a bill to fuck over musicians should tell you all you need to know about the RIAA’s actual interests

And this is why, as unethical as it appears on the surface, in my world, the RIAA can go FUQ themselves. I have no pity for them or the musicians who allow themselves be remain in such an abusive relationship and there was a time, back in the bearshare/napster days, I got a sick satisfaction in knowing they were loosing money.

"Warner Bros. Discovery is bringing the HBO brand back into play. We assume that the company has rightfully assessed that the brand identity associated with HBO will help sell its products. Of course, many could have shared that insight before HBO was cut from the operation."

Ya think?!? I dunno maybe the next time some new suit decides to put a personal stamp on things by diluting the brand name, do some marketing research first to see whether potential customers are intrigued or thoroughly confused by the idea.

"We are now... no longer the Knights Who Say 'Ni'. We are now the Knights Who Say 'Ecky-ecky-ecky-ecky-pikang-zoop-boing-goodem-zu-owly-zhiv'."

This doesn't surprise me at all. YoutubeTV by default allows 3 consecutive streams, meaning if you are a household of 2 or 3 TV's..... the price you see is the price you pay. No monthly fees for tuners or cablecards.

You'd need a streaming device for each TV, but a HDMI stick running on wifi can be gotten for $30 per TV these days. And if you happen to have 5 televisions but you really don't watch more than 2 or 3 at any one time..... you can still setup those other TV's and have them "ready to go" when you do want to watch them. With traditional cable you would either need to add 2 more tuners to your account, or physically move tuners between TV's.

YouTubeTV also has on-the-go flexibility, and is not married to any internet connection to be able to watch all channels it has. For anyone that is paying too much for television channels, and is not yet ready to go fully on-demand, YoutubeTV is an excellent solution to save some money.

The only thing it doesn't have is channel numbers. But that is partly also because the API's for Roku, AppleTV, FireBox, etc simply don't provide for it. At the same time, channel numbers are probably the most obsolete part of channel based television.