I think that the point you brought up about operational definitions makes a lot of sense when looking at from the perspective of content- the VHS example supporting your idea on defining content. I do think that goes back to Eichhorn’s questions of how do we define content. I think that her questions should be looked at in a rhetorical way where there is no clear cut answer on what content is. In her book she went through quite a few definitions. Is there really a need to define content? What you think of content as is not the same way everyone else does. This also shows through the fact you have a great way of thinking of content and defining it versus Eichhorn who takes way too long and loses my attention to figure out what she thinks.
As for what you’ve said about Doctorow, you are absolutely right, one day we are going to be paying for streaming services at the same price it would cost to get cable, but consider the other perspective. If you get cable, will you still be able to access all the ‘content’ you would find on those streaming services via cable? That is what’s keeping people from switching back to cable.
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