said by qdemn7:said by b10010011:Because the popular channels in a programming tier support the less popular channels. If a la carte gets pushed on us with in a few years the number of channels to chose from will start to decline. Eventually cable companies will only carry a few popular channels because it will not be worth it for them to carry less popular channels if no one is buying them.
A la carte = A la crappy
That is exactly what will happen but people are too hard-headed to realize that.
If a la carte hits, within 5 years the number of channels will probably 1/4 of what they are now, and then the same people crying for a la carte now will be crying about a lack of "choice".
Oh darn... I mean come one, choice to me does not mean that I should pay for 250 freaking channels as part of a package. You and I both know that the normal person probably only watches 30 of those at the most. The lack of "choice" that you speak about is all of the stupid no name channels that NO ONE EVER WATCHES
