roadfix
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The problem is, even if you cut the cord you still have to have overpriced internet service to run your streaming services.
The problem is, even if you cut the cord you still have to have overpriced internet service to run your streaming services.
An excellent point. Around here, it is a choice between Comcast and AT&T, two companies tied on my most distrusted list. But AT&T has won my little ISP account due to inertia and their recent self-imposed limits of larcenous tendencies caused by thinly veiled threats from the current kleptocratic administration.The problem is, even if you cut the cord you still have to have overpriced internet service to run your streaming services.
An excellent point. Around here, it is a choice between Comcast and AT&T, two companies tied on my most distrusted list. But AT&T has won my little ISP account due to inertia and their recent self-imposed limits of larcenous tendencies caused by thinly veiled threats from the current kleptocratic administration.
A regulatory solution to this mess is long overdue.
If the cable companies are smart, they'll jack up the internet cost and drop the cable costs.
Kleenex, one of the reasons why people are cutting the cord, besides the cost, is that the cable companies insist on offering their own bundles instead of letting people choose. Many people resent having to pay for hundreds of channels they never watch and sometimes can't get channels they want to watch.
We all know how easy it would be to change their subscription and billing practices to give customers what they want - but I guess it must be more profitable this way. In the long term, though, creating angry customers isn't a good business model.
Is it legal and will someone come after you? I don't know, but after 11 years, I'm not very worried. It's a decision you need to make, though.
Ummmmm, no. It is stealing. Will somebody come after you? Probably not. CD
“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are…the true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching.”
John Wooden
Multi-national corporations don't need or want me speaking for them. But I'll let Gillian Welch and David Rawlings counter yourMy take on it is that TV was "free" right up until ...
Rodentraiser, I presume there is a video recorder on your phone. So if you want to watch a movie for free, go make it yourself.Everything is free now,
That's what they say.
Everything I ever done,
Gotta give it away.
Someone hit the big score.
They figured it out,
That we're gonna do it anyway,
Even if doesn't pay.
I can get a tip jar,
Gas up the car,
And try to make a little change
Down at the bar.
Or I can get a straight job,
I've done it before.
I never minded working hard,
It's who I'm working for.
(Chorus)
Every day I wake up,
Hummin' a song.
But I don't need to run around,
I just stay home.
And sing a little love song,
My love, to myself.
If there's something that you want to hear,
You can sing it yourself.
'Cause everything is free now,
That what I say.
No one's got to listen to
The words in my head.
Someone hit the big score,
And I figured it out,
That we're gonna do it anyway,
Even if doesn't pay.
Cable TV shows are not something everyone is entitled to, you know. It's not a human or civil right. It's a product. It costs money to produce and distribute and the companies need to make money in order to stay in business and continue to produce content. Besides, stealing is wrong.I feel that services like Icefilms are simply the result of people, like myself, who have had enough. There are no fees involved on Icefilms because people who feel the same are willing to volunteer their time and effort to do what they do without pay. I am more than willing to watch ads and yes, even pay for some content. I am not willing to pay through the nose and watch those prices rise year after year for even more ads and the terrible service the cable companies give us. There are always people who will go for free just because it's free. I went for free because I was fed up with the price gouging, the endless ads, and the bad service.
A company is under no obligation to provide its services for free or at a set price in perpetuity. And getting their content through theft doesn't send a message to the company at all. To do that, you need to contact them directly.Like most of you, I remember when cable first came out it was supposed to be ad-free because we paid money to watch it. I also remember when Hulu used to be free and they had a small but nice collection of shows to watch. Watching Icefilms is my message to the cable companies to bring their prices down and their quality of service up. I voted with my pocketbook and would have done so even if Icefilms wasn't available.
Multi-national corporations don't need or want me speaking for them. But I'll let Gillian Welch and David Rawlings counter your"argument"rationalization from an artist's perspective.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy6VMDXB2SQ
Lyrics: "Everything is Free" by Gillian Welch
Rodentraiser, I presume there is a video recorder on your phone. So if you want to watch a movie for free, go make it yourself.
Cable TV shows are not something everyone is entitled to, you know. It's not a human or civil right. It's a product. It costs money to produce and distribute and the companies need to make money in order to stay in business and continue to produce content. Besides, stealing is wrong.
A company is under no obligation to provide its services for free or at a set price in perpetuity. And getting their content through theft doesn't send a message to the company at all. To do that, you need to contact them directly.