tivo--you pay money to a company, in order for it to collect data on your tv watching habit, it order to better 'satisfy' your need to watch tv in the future?

i watch TV.. i have at times, (weeks, not months!) been with out a TV, but it gets replace.

but i see no need for cable, and less need to tape (or Tivo tv shows.. they are all repeated (ad nausium) anyway.