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Does this mean our previously recorded content will have SkipMode removed? I am talking about stuff recorded days, weeks, months, and years back that have the marker. Are they going to disable that? Is this going to be a retroactive change? I am not talking about Auto Skip. I am talking about using the channel up and down buttons to get to the markers in a recorded episode that have been recorded in the past.

>Beginning November 2, 2026, the current version of SkipMode, using the Skip Button on your TiVo remote, will no longer be available. You will still be able to skip commercials manually using the 30-second skip (?I) and Fast Forward (????) buttons on your remote.

ETA: When I asked about whether this retroactively affects things we recorded prior to November 2nd, I was told (part of email)...
>The changes that will happened this November, 2026, Automatic Skipmode and Skip button will no longer be available; however, customers can still skip the commercials manually using the 30-Second Skip(? I) and Fast Forward( ?? ) buttons.

That certainly sounds like they are taking it away from us unless we pay them more money. I paid for lifetime. This is like buying a car with heated seats, only for them to push a software update disabling the heated seats unless we opt into a brand new subscription.

ETA2: I was not aware someone else used the same analogy before I posted the above.

I don't know if this post will turn into anything. The main requester I do work for, only got a couple earlier today. Nothing else is coming in as normal. I wonder how many have left "early."

You know how they switched us to automatic transfers, no more manual transfers, years back? I didn't bother to check https://worker.mturk.com/earnings and noticed I have one "There was an error in processing your transfer. Please try again later." from months back.

Anyone else experience this? I checked my bank account and I don't think I ever received it. Anyone know the best way to contact Mturk/Amazon to investigate?

ETA: I should explain that I've been on occasion getting A.I.-generated responses from the contact form, if a response at all. I'm worried a human won't ever see it. So, while I'll try, I figure I should get advice from others while waiting.

That $149 (could have sworn it was $199 yesterday) Straight Talk iPhone 16e deal at Walmart that requires activation of a Silver plan or higher, does anyone know what activation entails? My plan is to rebrand without using Straight Talk service. (This is NOT about unlocking.)

I don't know if the activation of the plan touches the phone in store, or if it is simply buying one of those Silver plan cards and being good.

I feel like those of us who will be watching three hours later are losing out on the live discussion. I am making this for those who will be watching in Pacific Time (and Mountain Standard Time). I hope this is okay by the mods. If not, feel free to delete.

(no spoilers from earlier views please)

I wanted to create a mega thread for people to post their thanks to for all the joy he's given us to over the years.

ETA: I just caught that I misspelled "post" as "posts" in the title. Oh well.