"speechles" wrote:
Those alerts are mandated by law:
https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/accessibility-emergency-information-television
This is the new bill:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/6427
"mikebdoss" wrote:"speechles" wrote:
Those alerts are mandated by law:
https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/accessibility-emergency-information-television
This is the new bill:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/6427
Former radio DJ here who had to broadcast EAS alerts and tests. I'm fully aware of the law, the reasoning, and the implementation.
I'm also aware that where I live, 99% of weather alerts don't pertain to me, and the 1% that do aren't going to actually tell me anything I don't know. Don't tell me I shouldn't stop them, or it isn't "advisable" to stop them. I'm certainly not going to pay for EVERY SHOW I want to watch just in case there's an alert broadcast while I'm watching it.
The system needs to be fixed and updated and implemented in a 21st century way. Making it an unavoidable broadcast overlay that doesn't pertain to the people it's addressing makes people ignore it, not respect or use it.
i've never gotten an emergency alert on my roku streaming stick, but i want to get one
Hey. I have had MANY alerts lately and they seem to lock up my system. They never let the original programming back on. I have to constantly turn it off and then start watching my programming on my tablet or phone.
Why doesn't this company fix the bug? The cable companies and satellite companies do their own system testing. The Roku company really doesn't need to do any testing.
Lol NO YOU DONT, you’ll be the first crying in a about 6 months as well. I, up late, it FEn interrupts every single movie I ever watch and then you miss what just happened. And doesn’t it always seem to occur at an important moment, so why what’s the Fen movie if I can be assured of countless I teruptions. It’s a pain in the ass. There should be a function to accept them or not. **bleep**, every loser is boycotting everything else that has immediate impact on us, so why not this. We paid to use it and get charged for electric etc. so no you won’t want them as soon as they regularly interrupt what you ENJOY watching! Be careful what you wish for lol.
I wish they did that. But has she that maybe it's a build in feed?