I'd have more sympathy for this line of argument if I wasn't currently watching season 1 of Game Of Thrones.
When it aired, sure I wanted to see it. People I know were talking about it. But I didn't want to pay what it cost to see it then.
So you know what choice I made? I waited.
And now it's available in a format I want at a price I'm willing to pay. So I paid and I'm enjoying it.
And, in a development that would evidently be quite shocking to some in this thread, I'm finding that I have plenty of people to talk to about it.
Look. I would love it if they made the show available online the next day, like Mad Men does. I think they're mistaken not to do so. I think they'd make more money if they did.
Well I watched it at a friends who had it copied on his DVR. Does that make me a pirate? I was given a copy by another friend who did copy if off a DVR. I do have the blu-ray version of season one as well.
I will be watching season two without ever paying for HBO, again I am watching it via a DVR. How is my watching it on someone's DVR not the same as downloading it and watching it? In neither case did I pay for it, someone else did in both.
The true issue is that HBO sees more money at risk than they see to gain.
When it aired, sure I wanted to see it. People I know were talking about it. But I didn't want to pay what it cost to see it then.
So you know what choice I made? I waited.
And now it's available in a format I want at a price I'm willing to pay. So I paid and I'm enjoying it.
And, in a development that would evidently be quite shocking to some in this thread, I'm finding that I have plenty of people to talk to about it.
Look. I would love it if they made the show available online the next day, like Mad Men does. I think they're mistaken not to do so. I think they'd make more money if they did.
But they don't.
So I wait.