[MarkTraceur]

I saw this in the paper yesterday, but I was immediately disappointed to see that their primary forms of switching away from cable not only required cable Internet connection (because let's face it, DSL and others have no way to stream that quickly), but also required nonfree software (Silverlight for Netflix, Flash for Hulu). The world can offer so much more to these people who have been wronged by corporations, but for some reason, they keep moving from one bad corporation to another! Even the Occupy movement, who are supposedly protesting against the influence of corporations, are using nonfree, corporation-run sites to spread their propaganda. Why are people so blind?

[philwelch]

The point of not using cable isn't to spite the corporations, it's to improve your own quality of life.

[steve-howard]

I use U-verse, which is a hybrid of fiber optic and cable. It costs substantially less than Comcast. I can stream stuff just fine.

[gameshot911]

What do you mean Silverlight and Flash are nonfree? As an end-consumer I've never paid for either of them.

[tikhonj]

He probably means "proprietary". Also, I think Silverlight is particularly annoying if you're not on Windows.

And Flash, of course, is annoying when it does work :)

[kbutler]

If you're running Silverlight, unless you pirated Windows, you've paid for it.

[philwelch]

Really? I had to download it for my Mac, and if Microsoft is somehow getting Apple to pay them off, they're getting a shitty deal because I still had to download it.