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My set-top box already does that.

I'd be worried to have such functionality baked into a mainstream OS. That'd definitely be a deal breaker for me.

It doesn't compute to me that a feature you call a deal-breaker can be found in a device you already own, but ok.

Sorry, I guess I should have been more specific. I don't have much of a choice when it comes to my set-top box. I was thinking more along the lines of desktop operating systems. At this point, OSX/Linux/Windows are roughly replacements for each other (Linux/Windows moreso than OSX/Windows), and such a "feature" in one would give me great reason to migrate to another.

Then again, if there was an application/feature that was a must have for me in said OS, I might stay anyway. It's not an absolute.

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