Yeah, it's very obvious. Like we're just headed back to cable companies and it it is i think important to note that none of the existing cable companies built any of this stuff that is just recapitulating the bundles they were always worried about losing yeah no i think i think it's exactly right and it's it's a shame because i think as

a as a like fan and viewer and this is true of the whole streaming industry right now, it's like it's all going to get worse before it gets better. Yeah. It just is where it is. There's too much money and too much stuff, and none of it makes any sense anymore. And that's why I think you should subscribe to Alex Granz's Plex server. Just put it out there. All the good stuff. True cable bundle. All right. Well, we will come back, I'm sure, during football season and be sad about why we can't watch any of the games uh but thank you both we need to take a break and then we're going to come back and talk to alex winter the director of the new documentary the youtube effect see you in a sec

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