Why Cable?

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Neodegenerate said:

plip.plop said:
While people have started to move away from cable recently, there are still alot of people that have no desire to cut the cord, or try to keep up with technology. Just like there are alot of people that don't want physical media to go away.
convience

My wife is the only thing stopping me from cutting the cord.  She insists that we have to have cable because "we are grown ass adults and adults have cable."  Without her around I would've gone full streaming/downloading years ago.

That said, one of my favorite features on my XB1 is the FiOS app that is gonna let me watch the Patriots game tonight on my new gaming TV with surround sound instead of the 7 year old plasma with no surround sound.  

The only reason I have cable is because I moved to the side of town closest to mountains. Before that all we had/ needed for the past 2 years was , netflix, hulu, and amazon prime, (we had over the air channels for the NFL).

 I also noticed alot of people wondering why MS did not go the way of Sony with Vue. I'm sure they actually thought about this, but they would have run into the same problem Netflix, and every other streaming service will run into. having to pay the internet provider extra to not throttle service. Cable companies hold more power than people think, just by owning the pipes that content is being delievered. I personally can never use anything less than cable. DSL is horrible, even Dish and other satellite TV providers will usually try to say you to take their TV package but keep cable internet (if you already have it). because they suck so bad. 

I think MS purposefully designed the Xbox1 to play nice with Cable in the hopes that they eventually decide to offer it as an alternative cable box. on a rental, or RTO program.