Yeah, I hadn't been paying attention either. Ooh, two mega-corporations are brawling it out - again. Yawn.
But then I saw something funny online today (still at work - it's very quiet). Apparently earlier in the week Time-Warner Cable made a newspaper ad that looked like a ransom note:
See, that's pretty clever!
They also made a website (no doubt I'd find a twitter feed and facebook group too, were I to look) - www.RollOverorGetTough.com.
Ugh.
Of course I checked it out.
Funny thing, they have a slightly different Ransom note on that page:
They've changed "Pay our price" to "Pay Fox's price".
It kind of kills the narrative of the note (unless you think Fox is using the 3rd person in the revision) but it clarifies that Fox is the bad guy who wants all of your money, and Time-Warner is the hero in this case.
The hero who charges $55 a month for basic cable.
Because when two mega-corporations brawl the real loser is the consumer, the ones who are footing the bill of this pissing competition with their $55.
And that's why we don't have cable TV.
Labels: cable, design, Fox, ransom, Time-Warner Cable