The problem with the television market— the problem with innovation in the television industry is the go to market strategy. The television industry fundamentally has a subsidized business model that gives everybody a set top box for free—or for $10 a month—and that pretty much squashes any opportunity for innovation because nobody’s willing to buy a set top box. Ask Tivo, ask Replay TV, you know, ask Roku, ask VooDoo, ask us, ask Google in a few months.

That was Steve Jobs at the D8 Conference (emphasis mine). Jos was not slamming Google—he included Apple as well—but rather stating a truism as he saw it.

Was he right? Well, it’s been a few months since then, how’s Google TV doing?