Quick! Someone tell us why this isn’t a good thing because the government did it! Surely there’s some secret corruption at work!
FCC bans cable TV industry’s favorite trick for hiding full cost of service
Submitted 8 months ago by Wilshire@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
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AMillionMonkeys@lemmy.world 8 months ago
linearchaos@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Whatever it is It will only come down to costing companies with deep lobby pockets money and how the conservative new agencies are spinning it.
I’d like to see everything priced on the rim and out the door. Taxes, registration, fees, shipping all on the line. I’d like the price on the shelf/invoice/website/advertisement/cash register and bank statement to all match.
Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
I’m gonna call out the way Amazon bills your credit card for multi-item orders on this one. That’s some fuckery right there.
helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Umm uhhhh they’ll have to increase the total price to make up the difference in processing more numbers which will cause the employee budget to decrease hurting the local economy which means less taxes to fund fire department and your babies will burn in a fire caused by the unqualified cable tech they had to hire to offset the loss in profits.
abhibeckert@lemmy.world 8 months ago
No no no, you got all wrong. Think of the children! They are ruining the future of our children!
omega_x3@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The lobbying group for cable companies said that it would hurt their highly competitive market(I’m sure they weren’t able to type that without laughing) and it makes it harder for them to advertise one price since the cost of the sports and local bundles are regional (though they have no problems getting those prices correct on the bills.)
TORFdot0@lemmy.world 8 months ago
In case you were wondering the Republics on the FCC both dissent claiming that the FCC has no jurisdiction to ban lying because people being marketed too aren’t cable subscribers yet and therefore outside of the FCC’s purview. What a load of horse-hockey. Their next argument will be that the FCC has no right to regulate cable at all because the consumer hasn’t been screwed until they give the cable company their money at which point it’s too late.
As much of a free-market-enjoyer that I am, this is what you get when you vote Republican.
Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
I nominate Jessica Rosenworcel for President. And, uh, Supreme Court too.
Somecall_metim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
Nah. Better stay where they are; they can do more there.
yoshisaur@lemm.ee 8 months ago
woah what’s with all these comments being removed?
solrize@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It’s a spam bot.
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 8 months ago
This. For people wanting to clean up their interface, if you select “block user” on any of those spammer posts, it removes them entirely leaving only real posters.
aniki@lemm.ee 8 months ago
a really weird one too with some strange picture of jacked zapp branagin with a poorly photoshopped meme in the ass crack.
Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It’s just a spammer
Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
My family hasn’t been subscribed a satellite/cable tv service in almost 16 years… 8 if you include streaming services.
Their shitty services, comercials, deceptive pricing, arbitrary limitations, and lack of content drove me away long ago. 🏴☠️
Glowstick@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Love it
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ThuleanSneed@lemmy.tf 8 months ago
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conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Or, you know, you could just tell the truth.
billiam0202@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Ah yes, when I think of “hyper competitive” I think of the one and only one cable provider who services my neighborhood.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Comcast calls me all the time trying to sell me on their
Trojan horsestreaming box or their cell service. I’m polite to the caller cause I know it’s just a gig for them but I always calmly tell them I only have Comcast as I have no other choice and I’d rather peel off my finger nails than give them any other business. It speaks to how bad things are that I’m dying for Verizon of all companies to come “save” me. Hyper-competitive, fucking lol.Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I would hope this would also apply to the live TV streaming services like Hulu+live tv, Fubo, YouTube TV, etc. I looked into some of them, and the added fees took the monthly bill from like $83 a month to over $100 a month, but you don’t know that unless you read the disclaimers since they advertised it at $83 a month.
atx_aquarian@lemmy.world 8 months ago
And the thing about regulation like this is that it just resets the bar height for everyone. It’s not like this doesn’t apply to all competitors.
Unless we mean non-cable competition, i.e. streaming. Maybe that’s not under the jurisdiction of FCC? If not, though, then I have to wonder why this has to be an FCC thing in the first place. This is about truth in advertising, in general.
ogmios@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Whoa whoa whoa, have you been playing too many online games recently? Because you’re views are sounding a little bit extreme there…
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 8 months ago
What competition?
Isnt there like…only two cities in the whole country where cable companies actually have to compete with each other? (and consequently the customers see the lowest prices in the country… weird how that works?)
BombOmOm@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The proliferation of home cell internet and Starlink internet has had a nice downward pressure in many markets. Both are often surprisingly good, even for heavy internet users. They are something worth checking out in your area.
BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 8 months ago
So I have to actually do research instead of being baited in? That’s fine too.
conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Nothing better than Verizon advertising $65 a month, which is already too much, then when you actually try to sign up it’s not just more; they straight up refuse to tell you what it will be (yes, I tried asking).
I know that’s not cable but they both play the same games. No, it’s not impossible for you to just tell a customer what you’re going to charge them.