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How to legally watch Game of Thrones: 1) Turn on the TV. 2) Change channel to HBO. 3) DONE. That is infinitely easier for most of the population than downloadi

by rprasad 15y ago

How to legally watch Game of Thrones: 1) Turn on the TV. 2) Change channel to HBO. 3) DONE. That is infinitely easier for most of the population than downloading a torrent; it takes at most 4 button presses. If your TV is too old to handle the new content protection scheme, buy a new TV. If you can afford HBO, you can afford a new TV. The type of people who would prefer to download the show via torrent are generally the type of people who wouldn't pay for HBO to begin with, so HBO doesn't care about the mythical money to be made off them.

tomjen3 15y ago
Looking at how many people buy music on iTunes because it is convenient and assuming they would buy the video if it was also available, means that you are very, very incorrect. And the nonsence about if you can afford x, you can afford y. No, that is not a given. I can afford one luxury and just because your priority would be given to luxury A does not mean that I give A the same priority. Anyway it is a moot point. HBO is not available outside the states.
- Gmo 15y ago
  It is ... (see my post up in this thread), but with the same restrictions (well, maybe even worse, because it's available only at one provider).
masklinn 15y ago
> How to legally watch Game of Thrones: 1) Turn on the TV. 2) Change channel to HBO. 3) DONE. Yeah, except for 2 not being an option for about 95% of the planet. oops. Thankfully torrents are an equal-opportunity distribution channel I guess.
Bud 15y ago
This is total BS, at least in my case. 1. I refuse to pay for premium Comcast at 2x the price of my very nice Internet connection just to get one channel. 2. I am very happy to pay $8/mo to Netflix. 3. I'm also very happy to buy LOTS of physical media; I own over 600 titles on DVD or Blu-Ray, and counting. Many of these titles, I have bought two, three, or even four times in different contexts (DVD, Blu-Ray, iTunes, etc.) 4. I'm also happy to pay for all of HBO, even though I don't really want to watch all of HBO. I just don't want to give money to my local cable monopoly, a lot of money, when I only want about 3% of the content they insist on bundling together. I really don't think I'm the bad guy here.

by rprasad 15y ago

tomjen3 15y ago

Looking at how many people buy music on iTunes because it is convenient and assuming they would buy the video if it was also available, means that you are very, very incorrect. And the nonsence about if you can afford x, you can afford y. No, that is not a given. I can afford one luxury and just because your priority would be given to luxury A does not mean that I give A the same priority. Anyway it is a moot point. HBO is not available outside the states.

Gmo 15y ago
It is ... (see my post up in this thread), but with the same restrictions (well, maybe even worse, because it's available only at one provider).

masklinn 15y ago

> How to legally watch Game of Thrones: 1) Turn on the TV. 2) Change channel to HBO. 3) DONE. Yeah, except for 2 not being an option for about 95% of the planet. oops. Thankfully torrents are an equal-opportunity distribution channel I guess.

Bud 15y ago

This is total BS, at least in my case. 1. I refuse to pay for premium Comcast at 2x the price of my very nice Internet connection just to get one channel. 2. I am very happy to pay $8/mo to Netflix. 3. I'm also very happy to buy LOTS of physical media; I own over 600 titles on DVD or Blu-Ray, and counting. Many of these titles, I have bought two, three, or even four times in different contexts (DVD, Blu-Ray, iTunes, etc.) 4. I'm also happy to pay for all of HBO, even though I don't really want to watch all of HBO. I just don't want to give money to my local cable monopoly, a lot of money, when I only want about 3% of the content they insist on bundling together. I really don't think I'm the bad guy here.