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> If I am not living in the US and want to watch a hulu series I have zero choice but to pirate it or use a shady vpn. You also have the choice to not watch it

> If I am not living in the US and want to watch a hulu series I have zero choice but to pirate it or use a shady vpn. You also have the choice to not watch it until it becomes available in your country

SamuelAdams 7y ago
Yes, but FOMO [1] is a common thing. Let's use Game of Thrones as an example. If you are a fan of the series, you keep up on all the latest discussion. Right now Reddit is chatting about S8E3, which aired 12 hours ago. If someone is forced to wait another week, or in the case of films, another few months, the movie could very well be spoiled by reading some online discussion. Fan-based communities move very fast. While they do try to censor spoilers immediately after a new release, the censoring dwindles down rather quickly. By the time a new film is available in your region, you may have already stumbled across some very severe spoilers which would inhibit your experience. The better solution, IMO, is to make content available globally at the same time - eliminate regional distribution for online content. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_missing_out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_missing_out
- Cthulhu_ 7y ago
  In other words: HBO is leaving potential income behind by not having their service available worldwide. Netflix, in contrast, did a really aggressive expansion worldwide a while ago, making their service available all over the world. They're still expanding, while also producing their own content - which they don't need to have expensive licensing fees for when they want to publish it internationally. They only need to deal with local laws.
falcolas 7y ago
Which, for some "digital distribution" content, may be never.
oblio 7y ago
Which could be never in some places...
SkyBelow 7y ago
But the cost of not doing so, especially when others aren't waiting, is being considered a moral busy body and missing out on the culture it creates. Compare that to the cost of piracy, which for most people is exceedingly close to nil. We could ask people to behave per our moral expectations just because they should, but generally you'll find most people who make such a request themselves disregard morals when the cost benefit analysis approaches a similar analysis.
- wolfgke 7y ago
  > But the cost of not doing so, especially when others aren't waiting, is being considered a moral busy body and missing out on the culture it creates. Stop being friends with such people.
  - SkyBelow 7y ago
    So the cost is giving up one's existing friends. Has this factored in the increased cost of making new friends as one gets older?
kurthr 7y ago
Yes, Cake or Death... I'll take cake, please.
stordoff 7y ago
Assuming it ever reaches your country. 12 Monkeys season 1-3 aired in the UK, season 4 never aired.

SamuelAdams 7y ago

Yes, but FOMO [1] is a common thing. Let's use Game of Thrones as an example. If you are a fan of the series, you keep up on all the latest discussion. Right now Reddit is chatting about S8E3, which aired 12 hours ago. If someone is forced to wait another week, or in the case of films, another few months, the movie could very well be spoiled by reading some online discussion. Fan-based communities move very fast. While they do try to censor spoilers immediately after a new release, the censoring dwindles down rather quickly. By the time a new film is available in your region, you may have already stumbled across some very severe spoilers which would inhibit your experience. The better solution, IMO, is to make content available globally at the same time - eliminate regional distribution for online content. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_missing_out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_missing_out

Cthulhu_ 7y ago
In other words: HBO is leaving potential income behind by not having their service available worldwide. Netflix, in contrast, did a really aggressive expansion worldwide a while ago, making their service available all over the world. They're still expanding, while also producing their own content - which they don't need to have expensive licensing fees for when they want to publish it internationally. They only need to deal with local laws.

falcolas 7y ago

Which, for some "digital distribution" content, may be never.

oblio 7y ago

Which could be never in some places...

SkyBelow 7y ago

But the cost of not doing so, especially when others aren't waiting, is being considered a moral busy body and missing out on the culture it creates. Compare that to the cost of piracy, which for most people is exceedingly close to nil. We could ask people to behave per our moral expectations just because they should, but generally you'll find most people who make such a request themselves disregard morals when the cost benefit analysis approaches a similar analysis.

wolfgke 7y ago
> But the cost of not doing so, especially when others aren't waiting, is being considered a moral busy body and missing out on the culture it creates. Stop being friends with such people.
- SkyBelow 7y ago
  So the cost is giving up one's existing friends. Has this factored in the increased cost of making new friends as one gets older?

kurthr 7y ago

Yes, Cake or Death... I'll take cake, please.

stordoff 7y ago

Assuming it ever reaches your country. 12 Monkeys season 1-3 aired in the UK, season 4 never aired.