#26
Posted: 3/7/10 at 9:35am
What pisses me off is the idea that my channels can be held "hostage".
I'm paying x amount a month for these specific channels. They are included in my cable package, and because of Cablevision and ABC/Disney's complete IDIOCY (yes, I blame both of them), I'm not getting it. I'm wondering why this isn't denial of service and why these greedy companies couldn't have their asses sued off by angry customers like me who aren't getting their money's worth.
Cablevision and ABC know exactly what they are doing. Cablevision is hoping to portray ABC as a bunch of greedy fatcats trying to squeeze a couple more bucks out of the little guy, and ABC is trying to portray Cablevision as stingy bunch of moneygrubbers who don't care about their customers.
Ultimately, Bob Iger has the red button here and he pressed it. It's just a shame that customers are getting caught in the middle of this petty little feud and will be deprived of what is personally my favorite television event of the year.
I don't have many options at this point: everyone around here that would have me over has Cablevision themselves, there is no legal or safe method to live stream the Oscars online, and I 100% refuse to run over to Best Buy and drop $50 for an analog antenna because of the failure of my cable company to successfully negotiate with a major broadcast network instead of simply sniping at each other with petty ads and Twitter feeds.
I'm paying x amount a month for these specific channels. They are included in my cable package, and because of Cablevision and ABC/Disney's complete IDIOCY (yes, I blame both of them), I'm not getting it. I'm wondering why this isn't denial of service and why these greedy companies couldn't have their asses sued off by angry customers like me who aren't getting their money's worth.
Cablevision and ABC know exactly what they are doing. Cablevision is hoping to portray ABC as a bunch of greedy fatcats trying to squeeze a couple more bucks out of the little guy, and ABC is trying to portray Cablevision as stingy bunch of moneygrubbers who don't care about their customers.
Ultimately, Bob Iger has the red button here and he pressed it. It's just a shame that customers are getting caught in the middle of this petty little feud and will be deprived of what is personally my favorite television event of the year.
I don't have many options at this point: everyone around here that would have me over has Cablevision themselves, there is no legal or safe method to live stream the Oscars online, and I 100% refuse to run over to Best Buy and drop $50 for an analog antenna because of the failure of my cable company to successfully negotiate with a major broadcast network instead of simply sniping at each other with petty ads and Twitter feeds.
Formerly SirNotAppearing - Joined 3/08
