"That subscription model [Amazon Prime] has proven so powerful that nearly every notable media startup has adopted it in one form or another: Netflix, Hulu Plus, Spotify, Rdio, Pandora, etc. [...] This is all to say that in the last decade, we've been steadily rediscovering the virtues and working to recreate a model that's existed for a long time, which is vastly more popular than anything comparable that began on the web, and which we kvetch about endlessly. Most of us want cable TV or something very much like it. We just refuse to admit it." - Andrew C (✓) from Bookmarklet

"What bothers me is Siegler's notion that his turn to piracy suggests that HBO and the cable companies' business model is wrong -- whether economically or morally. Because it isn't. First, you have three legal options to watch the second season of Game of Thrones: 1. Subscribe to cable and HBO. [...] 2. Wait for the season to end so you can buy the discs from Amazon, rent them from Netflix, or buy the digital files from iTunes. [...] 3. Watch the shows at a friend's house." - Andrew C (✓)

"Really, what the pro-piracy arguments come down to -- at least in the United States, where most content is pretty ready available (a few exceptions aside) -- is "this is legally available, but not at a price I am willing to pay," and/or "this is legally available, but not for a time that I am willing to wait." Or rather -- "I insist that you immediately provide your content at a price and on a device or devices of my choosing."" - Andrew C (✓)

"First, to say Comcast buys HBO in bulk is an understatement. [...] HBO costs $10 per month /because/ it's bundled. It's /not/ the fair market price. Untie that knot, and you have to untie everything." - Andrew C (✓)