People have been writing stuff like this for like 20 years now, ever since the internet became viable for a future of streaming video.<p>But cable TV has continued on strong. If anything I feel like, despite cable-cutters, the vast majority of people out there still regularly consume cable TV in one form or another. Perhaps what's changed is that the "golden age of TV content" right now feels more like the movie industry, in that big cable networks release big TV series and market them heavily almost as if you were going to the theater to watch a blockbuster movie.<p>The online streaming services actually seem diluted now, while cable networks have very strong brands; I don't really have netflix but my wife and I have ondemand and a dvr through time warner and 3 different devices to watch amazon through. The fobs you can get from google and amazon and whomever else will continue to dilute that access to streaming (which is good for competition and for DIYers at some point, I suppose)<p>But really the battle is about whether cable TV will continue to be an always-on service, and in that regard I think it will. Just flip on your TV, which you may have in several rooms in your house, or at your favorite sports bars, or in the office lobby, or wherever. It can be background, it can be a social experience for live sporting events (probably the most compelling reason for keeping cable), etc.<p>The other component is that video games are now more compelling to play/watch, and in fact a lot of youtube and twitch channels are now regularly consumed by viewers.<p>I would argue that the "disruption" already happened a long time ago but the cable networks and service providers have adjusted and assimilated to various degrees, such that we now have tons of avenues for stuff to watch.<p>Maybe this just takes some perspective to see because I feel like people keep predicting cable TV will just die or something, and that seems like such a naive way of looking at the world.