kreeping the internet free?

[StealthySkeptic]

Have to also comment on the menu type purchasing. I wish this were the case, but there's no real choice in programming options. I'm an advocate of a Chinese menu which technically is easily managed via computer these days. I entertained myself the last time I spoke with Time Warner by asking why I had to supplement 15 Jesus channels when I don't watch them. To be honest I don't watch 80% of the channels I have to pay for to watch the ones I do.

The menu-type purchasing is such bullshit. Perhaps if you let people choose to pay for HBO without have to also purchase 27 ESPNs and 62 worthless church channels, there would be less, oh, I don't know, stealing of HBO! (Or illegal streaming/torrents)



I'd gladly buy cable or satellite TV if I could choose and pay for only the channels I wanted, but because they insist on also giving me 54 home shopping networks and cable news channels in addition to NatGeo, TBS, the Science channel and HBO then fuck them.

It would also be great if HBO had an HBO GO only option so instead of paying $18/month on top of a $100/month plan, buying $30-60 Blu-rays/DVDs, or pirating, (or now, thankfully, streaming some older shows like Deadwood and the first season of the Sopranos on Amazon Prime- sweet!) we could just pay HBO directly for their quality content. The problem is that they get money by blowing the major movie studios to play their movies which allows them to invest in making content without commercials. So they're in a huge bind that other more dynamic competitors such as Netflix seem to not be in...until the movie studios figure out a way to really twist Netflix's arm. For now, HBO GO password sharing seems to be the ticket as it works on my Apple TV with no problem. Now, if only I can find time to start watching Game of Thrones...