OT AT&T’s purchase of HBO could lead to 20-minute Game of Thrones episodes

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    I'm convinced that telecom has taken over as the evil empire of this country.
     
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    So much more important now though. The internet is so crucial to freedom of speech and access to unfiltered news. Allowing these companies to control the internet is a massive problem, and frankly it's one that I'm willing to go to war over.

    There are only a few things that I value so highly that I would be willing to literally fight to protect them, and a unfiltered internet is one of them.
     
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    So, in his scenario, the episodes on TV would still be 60 minutes, they'd just cut them down to 20 minutes for viewing on phones? Why the fuck?
     
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    All of HBO's planned spin-offs and the fact that they are racing ahead of GRRM pretty much ensure you'll be sick of watered-down GOT by then anyhow.
     
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    All I was saying is monopolies aren't anything new.
     
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    They aren't, but the stakes are significantly higher in this case.
     
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