I dont know about Cancelling my Netflix, but I can tell you that I am one of the many, many Hulu subscribers that is willing to pay a 50% markup to my per month cost just to avoid Commercials ($11.99 vs $7.99).

Though in the case of Hulu it's not actually 100% Commercial Free. Certain shows start with a disclaimer that states "Due to streaming rights, the following is not included in our No Commercials plan and will play with a commercial before and after the show." But we are talking about seven very specific shows, and the commercial is usually 60 seconds or less (plus I always skip the one after the show). Per the current Hulu FAQ the exempt shows currently are: Grey’s Anatomy, Once Upon a Time, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Scandal, Grimm, New Girl, and How To Get Away With Murder. Still a vast improvement overall and one I'm willing to pay the up-charge for.

If Netflix ever introduces commercials, I anticipate they'd include some sort of No Commercials Premium account as well. Though Hulu started with Commercials and added the "upgrade" later; Netflix will be going in the other direction which will cause more uproar. The only way I see them getting away with it would be to offer the Account with Commercials at a lower cost than current subscriptions (as a way to attract new customers) and keep the current subscription price for No Commercials (at least at first). Granted I could be wrong, there was not near the subscriber exodus I would have expected when they split the streaming and the DVD-By-Mail services to separate accounts, effectively doubling the cost subscribers had to pay to get the same level of service.

I disagree. I think you are getting caught up in the semantics of it, rather than the actual functional requirements. Both Planes and Cars are designed to be Reliable, Safe, Fast, and Light (which has been one of the primary sources of increased fuel economy these days). Planes and cars of the same capacity are actually fairly comparable in terms of weight; a fueled Cessna 172 (4 seat) weighs about the same as a Honda Civic. And while Planes are (and rightfully should) be more expensive than an average car (they are a far more capable means of transportation after all), there are certainly automobiles out there that are more expensive than an airplane of equal occupant capacity. And to my mind a lot of that has to do with a)simple supply and demand limiting the sort of high-volume manufacturing that would drive costs down (a popular airplane model might only make 1000 craft, compared to the millions of a popular consumer car), b)the innate exclusivity of a plane under the current regulatory model, and c)the regulatory burden imposed on airplanes by the FAA.

If, on the other hand, you can introduce autonomous control, then you can entirely set aside the whole "Ease of Use vs Hands of an Expert" portion of the equation, which would in turn completely change the regulatory justifications (and ideally lead to a change in the actual Regulations, politics notwithstanding) for the constant inspections by licensed airport personnel and other overhead that drives the operating prices of aircraft up so high.

But of course, for any of that to really take a foothold, we have to not only build the autonomous consumer aircraft, but build and use enough of them for the Public and the various levels of Government to trust them. Which is why autonomous cars will be such an important stepping stone.

Nope, the device specifically does not work if the card is tied to a bank account, it only works on prepaid debit cards. From the the FAQ on the device from the manufacturer's website (https://www.erad-group.com/faqs):

Forbes has a slightly more informative write-up: http://www.forbes.com/sites/in...

The device specifically does not work if the card is directly tied to a bank account, it only works on prepaid debit cards, gift cards. From the the FAQ on the device from the manufacturer's website (https://www.erad-group.com/faqs):