Fucking Comcast pulled FX from my channel line-up and I didn't realize until it was time to sit down and watch the new Fargo last night.
They also took TBS, TNT, SyFy and probably a bunch of others I haven't noticed yet. Might be time to lose the cable altogether with this bullshit.
Yeah, but if Comcast no longer carries the network then you won't be able to use it as your cable provider to watch on the official network's site. There's not going to be anymore streaming of shows from any of those networks that were dropped. I try not to torrent TV shows and movies so long as there's some way to rent or legally stream them since, unlike with music, the industry is integral in the production of most video. But I'll make exceptions when there's no other way, or a policy is exploitative to consumers. If you look into it there's fairly easy ways to avoid having the likes of HBO send your ISP those notices (they're the only network I know that's really dogged about hunting people down to that extent). I can't blame HBO in principle really, but how things sometimes work out in practice makes me want to undermine their tactics. This is because some ISPs have "3 strikes you're out" policies, and if some kid out on their own for the first time for whom DLing is a social norm downloads the first three episodes of a season in one sitting that's enough to get their internet cancelled. There's not always a warning because it's not always three "separate occasions." Some areas only have one ISP, or the alternative ISPs are outside consumer budgets, and so without even being aware of the severity of the potential consequences suddenly what some may use as their only means of communication/employment gets cut off.Nahhhh, I stream current TV shows that I can't watch on a TV. I caught a couple emails over Game of Thrones back in season 1 or 2 and I've stopped downloading almost everything since (though that was probably more because it's an HBO show than anything else.)
It just pissed me off that night because I was ready to watch and, because the episode was premiering, it wasn't available online anywhere except direct streaming from the Comcast/FX websites. I caught it shortly before I posted in here yesterday.
