AT&T Can Bite My Shiny Ass
Okay. Very rarely do I really get this pissed. Maybe it’s punishment for not paying my bill on time, but AT&T has totally fucked up their digital cable interface. Instead of the bland, colorful (but usable) interface that I had before, there is now a gradient-laced, piece of shit staring me in the face, complete with a giant, useless TVGuide logo. I used to be able to read the names of the shows as I scrolled through them on-screen, but now, there’s a giant yellow line that surrounds the title. It’s barely legible, let alone from a distance.
And that’s not even the worst part.
There are ads. Yup. Advertisements. For movies playing on PayPerView, for mattresses, you name it, they come up on the panel that shows up in front of shows when I browse, and in the ‘Menu’ section. I am soooo canceling this service. I pay 60 bucks a month for not only cable, but to be served advertisments in my own home. They don’t make enough money from subscriptions? They have to generate revenue via ads INSIDE the interface now? Whatever. I’m getting a satellite dish.