Quote:When Television was FREE (as long as you paid for the hardware), it was funded by vendor's commercials.  You knew that as a patron receiving a free service you had to watch the commercials to pay for good television.


That has all changed, since Television is no longer FREE.  For most people you must pay either a satellite service (DISH/DIRECTV/ETC), Cable or Phone company (too many to  mention) in order to watch your favorite programming.  The cost of the service has gone up to ridiculous prices per month, but the vendors justify it by stating how many channels you receive (many you never wanted to begin with)...

 

I have always thought of my dollar as a vote for a product or service, basically supporting it & all that is gained by it.  If you give ($200votes a month) to said services and feel cheatened by the deal only to be forced to watch countless boring ads (unless you DVR / Fast Fwd thru them).  The same seems to occur with paid satellite radio, where radio was always free thanks to the ads.  The satellite radio offers higher quality programing, and at first offered no ads only to sneak them in later on.


I say we boycott all Television, Radio and other entertainment media (with the exception of the NFL) until they remove all the boring ads...