I get the point of a VP of CS and adding that extra layer might be worth it occasionally but I find that common sense is not so common. Gut reactions are often even more stupid than isolated insider opinions. Mr. Joe Common Sense is just too ignorant to realize it and not intellectually curious enough to go any further than that.
I get the point of a VP of CS and adding that extra layer might be worth it occasionally but I find that common sense is not so common. Gut reactions are often even more stupid than isolated insider opinions. Mr. Joe Common Sense is just too ignorant to realize it and not intellectually curious enough to go any further than that.
I get it. But it might not make sense to Joe or Jane Everyperson simply because it is different and they don't want to think about it. The myth of the wisdom of the average Joe or Jane needs to die. The wisdom of the crowd works for simple things like estimating candy in a jar when you average *everyone's* guess. Once the question isn't simple or you pick out one person you start getting Jewish Space Lasers as the answer as often as something useful, hard pass.
More to the point of your article, your far more informed opinion makes sense that Disney has the ideal model; however, you also frequently make the point that the cable bundle was expensive but that is how much content costs. It seems to me that Warner is attempting more of a cable bundle style model by making it all or nothing to get the good stuff (HBO content) and charging everyone who opts to have it for everything. They might make more per sub that way and prop up their entire catalog which could be more sustainable long term if the cable bundle is truly the ideal way to finance TV production. I hope they are wrong myself but what I want is only part of the picture.
I get the point of a VP of CS and adding that extra layer might be worth it occasionally but I find that common sense is not so common. Gut reactions are often even more stupid than isolated insider opinions. Mr. Joe Common Sense is just too ignorant to realize it and not intellectually curious enough to go any further than that.
Oh sure, I'm not saying the VP should necessarily have veto power. He just needs to be someone the plan makes sense to!
I get it. But it might not make sense to Joe or Jane Everyperson simply because it is different and they don't want to think about it. The myth of the wisdom of the average Joe or Jane needs to die. The wisdom of the crowd works for simple things like estimating candy in a jar when you average *everyone's* guess. Once the question isn't simple or you pick out one person you start getting Jewish Space Lasers as the answer as often as something useful, hard pass.
More to the point of your article, your far more informed opinion makes sense that Disney has the ideal model; however, you also frequently make the point that the cable bundle was expensive but that is how much content costs. It seems to me that Warner is attempting more of a cable bundle style model by making it all or nothing to get the good stuff (HBO content) and charging everyone who opts to have it for everything. They might make more per sub that way and prop up their entire catalog which could be more sustainable long term if the cable bundle is truly the ideal way to finance TV production. I hope they are wrong myself but what I want is only part of the picture.