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It’s not very often that I want to “watch tv online” but I heard about this site, http://www.tvchannelsfree.com/, where you’re supposed to be able to do just that.

The first thing I hate about the site is that once the page loads you get hit with a popup, even though I have Firefox set to block unrequested popups. This one is basically a captcha, asking you to enter a three letter code. I figure ok, this is annoying but I can go along with it.

Then comes the kicker. Once you enter their little code, the popup does NOT go away. Instead it reloads with a message asking you for your cell phone number, saying “A Password will be Texted to your Cell Phone”.

There’s a problem with this. My cellphone is one of those pay as you go things and I currently don’t have any minutes on it. That means that I CAN’T receive their bloody text message with their bloody password in it. How about all those who don’t fargin have a cell phone? There’s a load of people around that don’t need or want cell phones, how about them?

The thing promises that they’ll never share your cell phone number with anyone but I’ll just bet you end up getting a crapload of text messages from them spamming you with all sorts of crap. Is it a scam? I don’t know but it sure smells like one.

Conclusion: tvchanelsfree.com is a pile of crap and you’re better off going to YouTube or almost ANY other video site.

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