[john70t]

Is it just me or is just trying to watch basic t.v. shows without getting sc%ewed over by all the gadgets, contractual complications, and whatnot becoming too complicated these days?

Then the programming, which you've paid for, has turned into 50% obnoxious commercials.
You can't flip channels because it follows.

I quit that entire Soviet Mig-17 round-robin game, back when new 1990's cable channels lied about pay t.v. and commercials.