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We don't have a choice. That's how cable works, and YouTube TV exists for those of us who need it. They can't magically create an ad free broadcast of TNT or something. How would t…

I think the confusion arises because people view "cable" as something that requires coax and a set top box, and they view "streaming" as anything that goes over the internet, there…

No.

Cable TV broadcasts include both the network's ads and slots for the carrier to run their own ads. They're not inserting bonus ads on top of the actual content. Again, this is exac…

Yes, and YouTube TV does not insert ads into those broadcasts. There's no ads in YouTube TV beyond what you would see on any other cable carrier.

Baffled by the number of people itt saying "I can't believe it costs that much and still has ads." It can't not have ads. It's cable TV, YouTube has zero control over whether or no…

The bulk of these options were in 7 and 8 as well.

It's embarrassing how ignorant you are. Congrats on falling prey to fear mongering.

But they were already collecting that data. They're still collecting it on 7 and 8. You almost certainly use several other services that collect the same data, or more. The only re…

Why would you ever do this?

First off, no, you do not need a website. You are a high school student. Slow your roll. Secondly, what you really need is an editor, because damn your site is riddled with misspel…

You're doing exactly what Forbes wants you to do: fear mongering. Privacy policies are legal liability waivers. They are not statements of intent. There is absolutely no indication…

Awhile ago there was some major app, I think Facebook, that updated its Android version, and everyone freaked out because the new version required a seemingly-outrageous level of a…

I THINK, and I could be totally wrong, but I THINK that on at least some platforms, when an app requires access to information stored locally on your phone, it's an all-or-nothing …

"It's a plain cash grab at my expense." It is absolutely not.

"1) why shouldn't Apple collect the very same data?" How do we know they don't? Has anyone read the privacy policy lately? I mean, the only reason anyone flipped about Microsoft's …

My experience with panic about privacy policies is that they virtually always sound far worse than they actually are. For example, access to local files (contacts, photos, music) t…

You're complaining about Spotify's desktop app and yet you'd rather use iTunes? That's rich.

"I pay £10 a month to avoid this crap" I don't understand this concept. I pay $10 a month get rid of ads, to be able to use the mobile app, and to get higher quality streams. There…

Facebook IS paying us: through the free use of their service.

The fact that otherwise intelligent people seem to genuinely think that AI would take over and run amok like the fucking Matrix or something is pretty ridiculous.

I wrote a reply to this, but you know what? No. Just no. You are clearly incapable of taking part in this conversation so just leave me alone. Your level of discourse is more suite…

First off, you should be ashamed at how ridiculous that analogy is. I'm going to assume you understand that it's completely and utterly inaccurate and irrelevant to this conversati…