Cable TV
topic on 2 shows · 2 statements across 2 episodes
the Y Combinator Startup Podcast 
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2 statements about Cable TV, every show
Evans: Metaverse standardization efforts resemble cable TV, not the internet
“The more that you try and make things open and standardised, And interoperable and portable, the more you're actually describing cable TV, not the internet. Because the whole fucking point of the internet is actually how little of it is standardized, as much a…”
Doctorow: Cable TV originated via adversarial signal retransmission in rural Pennsylvania
“Cable TV came from slurping, slurping down broadcast signals on a big antenna in rural Pennsylvania that was too far for anyone with a TV to reach either Philly or Pittsburgh, and then charging money to retransmit them over wires to people who own televisions …”