First World Auto Hop Complaint

[tanman]

Why is the default option for watching an auto hopped program "no thanks"?I'm betting the vast majority of us toggle to the left and select "yes".
I'm sure there is someone furiously thinking of a good reason to watch commercials but isn't skipping them the whole point?
For the premium we pay Dish should be making our lives easier-not harder!

 

[Bobby]

Why is the default option for watching an auto hopped program "no thanks"?I'm betting the vast majority of us toggle to the left and select "yes".
I'm sure there is someone furiously thinking of a good reason to watch commercials but isn't skipping them the whole point?
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When Autohop first came about there was all kinds of hell raised by the networks and they sued. To quiet that down Dish probably decided that they would make the subscriber make the decision to hop or not. By forcing the sub to actually say yes instead of it being automatic Dish can say it is a consumer choice not Dish.

 

[tanman]

When Autohop first came about there was all kinds of hell raised by the networks and they sued. To quiet that down Dish probably decided that they would make the subscriber make the decision to hop or not. By forcing the sub to actually say yes instead of it being automatic Dish can say it is a consumer choice not Dish.

Perhaps.On the other hand it's not automatic.You still do have to select "yes" (which I'm ok with).

 

[dweber]

Bobby is correct. Dish argued that Autohop was controlled by their customers and it was no different than the customer using the skip ahead function which the networks had previously accepted.

 

[Tampa8]

BUT... the default position of the selection could still be yes requiring one push...

 

[Bobby]

BUT... the default position of the selection could still be yes requiring one push...

By requiring that push Dish is totally off the hook.

 

[Tampa8]

By requiring that push Dish is totally off the hook.

I'd say requiring just the one push does. It's still the viewer needing to acknowledge it. It is possible that agreement was the default is no.

 

[Bobby]

Actually, to enable Autohop, it takes 2 pushes. Left arrow, Select... That proves that the consumer made a definite decision.

 

[KAB]

My right fore-finger is sore just reading all this.

 

[sktrus]

I am pretty sure Dish executives gave judges a break by letting customers make decisions like this. In this beautiful country everybody is looking for a reason to sue!!