Here's my rant.
I don't watch TV much at all, but I like to read the news online to keep abreast of what's going on in the world. Many news "stories" are now video. I just want to skim headlines and read the news- if I wanted to watch video complete with sound, I'd watch TV.
It takes forever for some videos to load, even if I did want to watch. And of course, there is an ad first. I don't want to have to turn off my music (I love Spotify!) to find out why certain sports figures aren't playing in the game tonight- I just want to READ about it.
I don't want to watch a friggin' ad, and wait for crap to buffer with my slowish internet connection, just to find out the highlights of that story Really. I want to read the news. That's it.
MSNBC isn't as bad as Yahoo! news, and our "local" news station (90 miles away) isn't too bad. But I still don't want ANY videos unless I need more in depth information.
Thank you. I feel better now.
I don't watch TV much at all, but I like to read the news online to keep abreast of what's going on in the world. Many news "stories" are now video. I just want to skim headlines and read the news- if I wanted to watch video complete with sound, I'd watch TV.
It takes forever for some videos to load, even if I did want to watch. And of course, there is an ad first. I don't want to have to turn off my music (I love Spotify!) to find out why certain sports figures aren't playing in the game tonight- I just want to READ about it.
I don't want to watch a friggin' ad, and wait for crap to buffer with my slowish internet connection, just to find out the highlights of that story Really. I want to read the news. That's it.
MSNBC isn't as bad as Yahoo! news, and our "local" news station (90 miles away) isn't too bad. But I still don't want ANY videos unless I need more in depth information.
Thank you. I feel better now.