Anonymous Troll writes:
"I guarantee if this were Bush wanting something similar, the left would be screaming bloody murder at the mere THOUGHT of it. "
FTFA:
"Those claims have alarmed the ACLU and other civil liberties groups, which have opposed the Justice Department's request and plan to tell the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia that Americans' privacy deserves more protection and judicial oversight than what the administration has proposed. "
Gasp! Shock! Amazement!
People who don't like something under one administration - might also not like it under another!
And this will move people to other services like Fancast.com which also does commercials but less often and on my system at least without the insane jump in volume.
"but the signal to noise ratio has been fading fast lately."
At least every few months someone is kind enough to post how much worse things are than when they first started.
Sounds great until I want to leave the house and someone else wants to watch TV... oh wait... you mean I need to buy a smart phone for everyone in the family?
ummm, no.
"I've seen it. It's rubbish." -- Marvin the Paranoid Android