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HBO is in the position to know. And what they are doing seems to be working out the best for them. It's possible they are wrong, but if they are wrong they wil

HBO is in the position to know. And what they are doing seems to be working out the best for them. It's possible they are wrong, but if they are wrong they will be the ones suffering the consequences. If someone on the Internet saying "let me pay $10 and I'll buy it (maybe) and so will a bunch of other people" are wrong, they won't suffer the bad side effects. It's like people complaining that NBC is hosting the "buggy-whip" Olympics when NBC is getting record high ratings. Maybe the people actually running the business actually know what they are doing.

MartinCron 14y ago
Maybe the people actually running the business actually know what they are doing. A lot of people are having trouble with the idea of what's best for HBO not aligning with their own self-interest.
- nitrogen 14y ago
  There's no shame in trying to change the world to look the way you want it to look, so long as it doesn't come at the expense of other individuals. If people want the world of video entertainment to move entirely online, why shouldn't they try to make that happen?
  - MartinCron 14y ago
    I think they should try to make it happen, absolutely. I just think the "those people are fools refusing the money that I'm trying to give them (as long as it is on my terms)" argument is pretty shallow.
waterlesscloud 14y ago
What HBO is doing is working for them. We don't know that it's "the best", and we won't until they try something different.
Symmetry 14y ago
HBO is in a position to know, but HBO isn't in a position to make decisions on the basis of what benefits HBO. Rather, HBO has to do what's best for Time Warner as a whole regardless of whether what they decide is in HBO's interest.
dkl 14y ago
"And what they are doing seems to be working out the best for them." then "It's possible they are wrong, but if they are wrong they will be the ones suffering the consequences." You can't have it both ways. My opinion: there's no way to know if they are right or wrong. I'm one of their new potential customers of HBO Go only. I pirated a bunch of HBO shows only because it was the only way for me to see them. I would have paid $10-15/mo to see them. I do, after all, want these shows I like to be successful and to make many more seasons.
- nirvdrum 14y ago
  Well, you could buy HBO through a cable provider, unless it's just completely not available in your country. In that case, it's extremely unlikely they'll offer Web access in your country either. So, really, you have another way, it's just not the way you want. Likewise, they release all their shows on DVD, Blu-Ray, etc. But, I suppose those aren't released when you want them to be. If you're interested in financially supporting your programming, I guess those would be the ways to legitimately do it.
  - dkl 14y ago
    That would make HBO close to $100/mo! Not a very good deal. My way to help the producers of content is to buy DVD's, etc from their websites.

MartinCron 14y ago

Maybe the people actually running the business actually know what they are doing. A lot of people are having trouble with the idea of what's best for HBO not aligning with their own self-interest.

nitrogen 14y ago
There's no shame in trying to change the world to look the way you want it to look, so long as it doesn't come at the expense of other individuals. If people want the world of video entertainment to move entirely online, why shouldn't they try to make that happen?
- MartinCron 14y ago
  I think they should try to make it happen, absolutely. I just think the "those people are fools refusing the money that I'm trying to give them (as long as it is on my terms)" argument is pretty shallow.

waterlesscloud 14y ago

What HBO is doing is working for them. We don't know that it's "the best", and we won't until they try something different.

Symmetry 14y ago

HBO is in a position to know, but HBO isn't in a position to make decisions on the basis of what benefits HBO. Rather, HBO has to do what's best for Time Warner as a whole regardless of whether what they decide is in HBO's interest.

dkl 14y ago

"And what they are doing seems to be working out the best for them." then "It's possible they are wrong, but if they are wrong they will be the ones suffering the consequences." You can't have it both ways. My opinion: there's no way to know if they are right or wrong. I'm one of their new potential customers of HBO Go only. I pirated a bunch of HBO shows only because it was the only way for me to see them. I would have paid $10-15/mo to see them. I do, after all, want these shows I like to be successful and to make many more seasons.

nirvdrum 14y ago
Well, you could buy HBO through a cable provider, unless it's just completely not available in your country. In that case, it's extremely unlikely they'll offer Web access in your country either. So, really, you have another way, it's just not the way you want. Likewise, they release all their shows on DVD, Blu-Ray, etc. But, I suppose those aren't released when you want them to be. If you're interested in financially supporting your programming, I guess those would be the ways to legitimately do it.
- dkl 14y ago
  That would make HBO close to $100/mo! Not a very good deal. My way to help the producers of content is to buy DVD's, etc from their websites.