ABC wants to disable fast-foward button on DVRs
posted on Saturday, July 8, 2006 at 1:25 AM by Brian Sullivan
It's almost as if ABC is asking us to turn to Bittorrent for our shows -- recently, the media mogul has expressed interest in disabling certain features of DVR devices, notably the ability to fast-forward through ads, in an effort to allow commercials to run "as they were intended".
It's a good thing ABC only has one show worth watching, and there's ways to see it without commercials, anyway. But what's with ABC trying to shove these ads down our throats? More importantly, what if you want to simply fast-forward to a later part of the episode -- do you have to instead watch the entire show from the start, commercials included?
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