Been watching
#Olympics since the 1960s. Have watched none of these
#WinterGames. Why? Because we dropped cable TV year ago, and
#CBC is forcing viewers to its
#CBCGEM App for streaming and replays. All videos and feeds I have tried to watch direct me to download the App. GEM, in my opinion, is a privacy-invading, data-grabbing, viewer-profiling tool. CBC's website is one of the worst I've ever checked with
https://themarkup.org/blacklight. Trackers, beacons and browser profiling. I wrote CBC once to complain about the tracking and its response was infuriating - ignoring my concerns and teling me that all of that was necessary... for them. I said, as a pubicly-funded national broadcaster, I felt it had a responsibility not to abuse that position and power, and people should have a choice to opt out of the surveilance. CBC disagreed. I read CBC news coverage on-line every day - with a pivacy-oriented browser and tracking protection. But no TV shows, and apparently, no Winter Games for me.