I finally put my foot down while talking to someone from Comcast's retention department. Nice enough guy, really. He offered me discounts. He offered me money off my bill. Free HBO!

But you know what would've kept me around? Not foisting this whole CableCard/descrambler box DRM nonsense on me to begin with! Because it couldn't resist making that power play, Comcast is losing money I would otherwise have happily paid it, and I'm on the prowl for other places to watch my shows.

Heck, I download free video versions of the nightly news and watch that on the morning commute these days. Everything I want to see on Current.TV is a free podcast..

And yes, I said all this to the poor customer service guy on the phone (sorry about that).