drhamad

This is the downside of the anti-stalking measures they employ.

NEO_STEPHENS said:

So much for cord cutting.

"Cord cutting" never made sense in any long term way.  The theory behind it was that you could just pick what you wanted.  But people want bundles because they're far cheaper than getting just "what they want".

All people are realizing now is that the majority of the cost to their cable company or whatever don't really change just because you go to someone else for it.

9secondkox2 said:

StrangeDays said:

docbburk said:

Are they going to tax air, tears, perspiration, farts, extra tax on toilet paper?  I have no desire to live in a large city.  These stupid taxes are  just a way to make up for poor decisions and fiscal irresponsibility.  Internet services already has taxes on it.  So, the crap they are pulling is equivalent to taxing cable tv, then taxing you  for each channel you want to watch.  

Hmm it’s the supposed “poor decisions” and “irresponsibility” of cities that has enabled society and humanity to flourish. Cities are our centers of thought and development, and are the economic engines that power states and nations. Go to country with no big cities and I’ll show you a land of economic despair.

While I agree with your point, that doesn’t excuse lazy greed. Just because a city can force a tax that doesn’t belong doesn’t mean it should. 

The fact that they continue to double down despite federal law to the contrary is actually quite unbelievable s as me ridiculous. I don’t see where the settlement details are, but I imagine it was favorable to Apple, who otherwise might have appealed and climbed the courts - and won. 

I mean, it's not crazy to tax such things.  Theaters are taxed.  Cable service is taxed.  Etc etc.  All other forms of entertainment are taxed.  And that includes in small towns, not just big cities. Netflix et al are doing an end run around all that because we've been federalizing more and more things... and you can decide if that's a good thing or bad.  It makes it easier for internet services to operate by making them subject only to federal taxation, but it takes away revenue from everywhere else, and therefore places more power at the federal level and less at the state and local.

While the album is fine, I don't understand how Springsteen missed the boat on anything current.  In 2001 we got the Rising.  Now, with what's going on, we get... something unrelated?  Meanwhile Bon Jovi puts out 2020.

wood1208 said:

People play online gambling like sports betting. What about it ?

That's illegal outside a few states.


Anyway, to get back to the original article... while I don't think what she's doing falls under the gambling laws, I really wouldn't mind if crap like that gets banned.