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Comment author: MichaelGR 11 September 2011 04:37:05AM 21 points [-]

“When you’re young, you look at television and think, There’s a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that’s not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want. That’s a far more depressing thought. Conspiracy is optimistic! You can shoot the bastards! We can have a revolution! But the networks are really in business to give people what they want. It’s the truth.”

-Steve Jobs, [Wired, February 1996]

Comment author: Juno_Watt 31 August 2013 08:07:57AM 0 points [-]

Isn't that disproved by paid-for networks, like HBO? And what about non-US broadcasters like the BBC?

Comment author: somervta 31 August 2013 10:18:13AM 0 points [-]

The reason companies like HBO can do a different sort of tv is that they don't have to worry about ratings - they're less bound by how many watch each show.