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You can make an argument that pirating content is morally wrong. But there's no way anyone can convince me that it as morally wrong as advertising gambling, which Rogers does non-stop.
Rogers is acting morally wrong, and refuse to do anything that might cost them even a little bit of money. What is the argument against people pirating their content to save some of their money?
You can make an argument that pirating content is morally wrong.
Nothing you can personally do is a crime compared to what a CEO does between his morning coffee and morning shit. Rogers is in the process of laying off 12K employees, that's 500 days of work hours PER HOUR of employment being eliminated.
Unless you think you can pirate TV at that scale, you are morally justified in pirating from Rogers.
That's it. Have you seen hockey recently? All ads. Even the end zones and centre ice is ads. Not surprising Hockey Night in Canada is turning into ads.
Blue Jays games have seen a laarge jump in the amount of ads shown this year, too. It's all garish. Watching things on SportsNet is like torture for the eyes.
I don't watch full games anymore because of all the visual clutter. I'll listen to the radio broadcast or just watch the highlights.
I'm sure they're working on a way to put digital billboards under the ice.
I mean they already do or could. They project the ads already.
True. It seems like Max Headroom was really a documentary. Like Idiocracy.
I don't even notice the ads on the ice and boards anymore.
I haven't watched it in forever, but it does feel like something lost.
NHL is basically unwatchable now though with the digital ads on the boards and everywhere. I'll go to a game in person where I can see the game IRL, but as for watching it on TV, that is done for me.
The ad on the jersey. Can't wait till they look like NASCAR.
Is nothing sacred in Canada any more? ;P
It is worth mentioning CBC carried the Sportsnet production. HNIC hasn't been a CBC production for over a decade. Of course, that did mean folks without a SN subscription could see those CBC televised games.
For many, it doesn't matter because they just have cable and will watch on Sportsnet. There are definitely people across Canada that won't have access to watch Saturday night hockey now. I know one of them. Monthly cable is not in their budget.