Sheer Greed (Score 5, Insightful)

It says that technology that allows you to skip commercials would become illegal. Let's see, that would include my fridge, going to the bathroom, the mute button...

Seriously, you could argue that the advertising reduces the cost of the product, and therefore users must view them. But where does it end? Would you force people to spend 15 seconds looking at the ad on the side of a bus before they get on?

Bottom line: advertisers should NEVER have the power to force people to look at their ads, lest our lives become a living hell.