I know I've said as much on this list before, but I abandoned regular TV altogether after Netflix rolled around. (Granted, I'm not much of a "T.V" man, but I digress.) I don't maintain a subscription to any TV service, but enjoy my shows online--not through Hulu, but from the broadcaster's sites directly. I even watch news reports from our local stations through their online videos. Though I know it's probably terrible of me, I've found that the "AdBlock
Plus" plugin for Firefox effectively removes in-line advertisements
from Fox.com's shows. (I hate ads. They're too loud, and the lack of
variety really kills me.)
In many ways, I think the pot is calling the kettle a darker color. The problem is one they fabricated, directly. If anyone made their content accessible online, it was them. Sure, I'd be happy to pay a nominal subscription fee directly to the broadcaster to view the content (ad-free, and on-demand); but the fact that they don't require it yet is their own damn fault; not mine. Either way, I still pay Netflix a monthly fee to watch nearly everything else (even shows that have long ago run their course). So, they have to be receiving residuals from that, right?
-Dave Berry
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