One thing is clear to me. The era of switching on the TV and flipping through the channels looking for something decent to watch is quickly coming to a close. This was first hinted at a couple years ago with the now shut down TV.com. Rather than being restricted to the some set number of television channels, you could search for almost any episode of almost any show and watch it whenever you felt like it. Unfortunately, the site did not last, but not for lack of a good idea. Today we have similar [legal] things like Hulu, not to mention network sites (Fox, CBS, etc) which also allow you to watch their shows on their relative sites.
Given the assumption that this is indeed the method of TV watching of the future, why does YouTube continue to restrict itself to mindless (albeit funny at times) videos uploaded by its users? I’m sure its advertisement space would become that much more valuable if it were to add content with actual “substance”, thereby attracting even more users than it already gets.
Do you agree that television sets are on their way out? If so, do you agree that YouTube should get it together, remove their self-imposed handicap, and show some real shows?
