FiOS does the same thing with its cable box. I&#x27;m not sure it&#x27;s every fourth channel, but doing anything with the cable guide often involves dismissing an interstitial ad on the way to whatever you were trying to do, made all the more annoying by the slow UI.<p>TV service just keeps getting more and more obnoxious. I only got it because it came with 2 years of free HBO and was cheaper than Internet alone at the tier I wanted. There&#x27;s hardly any reason to watch cable TV any more. (I know, sports. Not really my thing, but I get that a lot of people want to watch live sports)