No. I want freedom to choose. If I don't want the whole experience, I don't want to be stopped from using an alternative. Windows? I can skip it totally and use Linux. I won't purchase from service that tries it. I'm starting to get more apps from Amazon. I don't buy books or from any of the major resellers. I use independents and there are plenty of them.
Movies are a no go. I don't watch them anyway. I don't use maps or location. I'm adverse to LOCAL marketing. I hate this town and do as little as I can to support the merchants. If someone wants me to see ads, I do have sellers that I will deal with. I can give you a list.
There will be a big stink over local ads soon anyway. A lot of stores are developing their own shopping apps, so if you are a fan of Kohl's you get their app, they give you coupons and sale info, you can buy online and pickup at store. This leaves search and general ads out. All the local TV stations have their own apps, and some of these shopping apps are now running in the local TV app. If all the large chains find out they get more traffic by running their own app, they will use other services less and less, and then just for new people who don't have the store's app. People will sign up if the store offers good discounts via the app.
I don't like that, either. My friend subscribes to one of the TV station apps, and it scares the bejeezus out of me when it goes off while I'm driving. It goes off at any little incident, too.
Google is mostly banned from the computer. I use SWIron which is a clone without the ads if Pale Moon doesn't work. I've put in Duck as the default.
I'm waiting for FX/Pale Moon to get weird as Mozilla has just signed with Yahoo as the default search engine for Firefox and Google wants back in. Yahoo is already pestering with a notice on the main site to sign up to the new Yahoo if you don't have Yahoo in the search engines. (I deleted via about:config_) I'd like to know how Google plans to get subscribers to put Google back as the default search. The Vulcan prefers Bing. It's been reported that Google's search revenue has gone down since the switch.
ATT is already dealing or trying to buy DirectTV. Dish is looking for a partner. Verizon's on everyone's list right now for some nonsense it pulled with the FCC. They apparently tried to work around an FCC proposal by claiming to be a common carrier, then when it came to putting cellcos and other internet providers in as Common Carriers/utilites, V is having a fit. Sprint says FCC has some good ideas, not sure about TMO, but ATT/Comcast had hissy fits. I think the cable companies would also have been listed as they supply internet. All use fees, too. Fees are not regulated.
http://www.att.com/shop/tv/directv.html
This is a blog, but close to news I have seen in tech sites:
http://www.thelowdownblog.com/2014/12/making-internet-utility-why-telecom-and.html
With PACs and all the infighting among all these groups it will take quite a while before they pay enough legislators off to get their way. With all this, there is now a rumor, bill? executive action? allowing towns to do their own broadband and wifi.
