Imaging simply browsing among the channels trying to find something good to watch on such a TV:
<zap> Nah... <zap> Nope. <zap> Heck no. <zap> maybe, but lets see what else is on. <zap> --ADVERTISEMENT-- (remote locked out for 5 minutes)
This will cause so much resentment among viewers that I kind of doubt it will ever really catch on.
Of course, one key thing to remember is that YOU, as the viewer, are not the customer. The *advertisers* are the customer, and you, the viewer, are the product being sold to THEM.
The actual TV show itself is nothing more than something to keep you, the product, from wandering off too far while your eyeballs are being sold to the highest bidder.
<zap> Nah... <zap> Nope. <zap> Heck no. <zap> maybe, but lets see what else is on. <zap> --ADVERTISEMENT-- (remote locked out for 5 minutes)
This will cause so much resentment among viewers that I kind of doubt it will ever really catch on.
Of course, one key thing to remember is that YOU, as the viewer, are not the customer. The *advertisers* are the customer, and you, the viewer, are the product being sold to THEM.
The actual TV show itself is nothing more than something to keep you, the product, from wandering off too far while your eyeballs are being sold to the highest bidder.