Pirates and dandelions
This entry was posted on 4/30/2007 1:08 PM and is filed under uncategorized.
It's spring, and that means it's time for me to get out my dandelion pluckers. Sometimes I wonder what would happen if I just gave up and let the dandelions take over the lawn; sadly, I think that a couple of my neighbors are trying that experiment.
Saturday, I ran into a different kind of unwelcome sight. As I was checking a couple of pages on FTAList, I saw that one of the ads Google was serving up was for some pirate TV stuff. Ick! I hurried off to Google to block that domain from advertising on my site. It was like popping a dandelion; that one's gone, but others may sprout.
Advertising pays FTAList's bills, and the Google-served ads are part of that. Not every automated ad that comes in is a winner; I hold my nose when I see ads that want to sell you a way to get internet-based TV channels. (Hint: Check the links near the bottom of the FTALinks page for free directories of those channels.) If you're really interested in looking at their offers or any other legitimate products, go ahead and take a look. But if you see any other advertisements for pirate TV web sites, please let me know so I can block those sites from advertising with FTAList.
The occasional emails from pirate wannabes are another minor annoyance. I feel sorry for them. If you subscribe to a pay-TV provider, it's as simple and reliable as electrical service. But if you want to try to jury-rig a system to pirate signals, you can't be sure when your box will stop working or when you'll get the knock on the door that lets you know that your busted supplier coughed up a shipment list with your name on it. Hassles and paranoia, or just plain law-abiding TV? Sure seems like a no-brainer to me.
FTAList is dedicated to legitimate in-the-clear free TV. So if you see any weeds in our yard, let me know so I can get rid of them.
