Hulu walking in dodo tracks

*sigh* This reminds me of my experiences when I was trying to use Pandora for my online music listening pleasure. What there was of it, anyway. Seems for their free service there's a limit on how many times you can skip a song. Funny, but after hearing the same song a half-dozen times, I sorta get tired of it and want to listen to something else. But, Pandora's great, omniscient music suppliers don't think I should have the right to limit--especially if I'm getting it free--the content I want to listen to.

Nevermind I was visiting various online music purchase sites to buy the shit they were putting up for me to listen to. No, it doesn't count that I'm actually doing what they want. It's more important to stick their dicks in my music selection. Well, I dropped Pandora instantly. Sorry, I will only play the game the way I want.

I haven't been terribly impressed with Hulu, mainly since they don't keep the content up long enough. If I want to go back and catch something, I cannot depend on finding it there. Besides, I have a 42" HDTV (no, this is not a brag), and I'd much rather watch a TV show on the big screen with surround sound. My PC's sound system might be good, but it ain't that good. So, tell me again why I can't watch what I want, when I want?

It's probably something about diluting the brand. Disney likes to release movies on DVD every ten years or so. Apparently they think their overall revenue will be best if they don't have their entire catalog available, all the time. Gee, I don't know if that's true, or not, but in this age of digital, non-scarce entertainment resources you'd think they would want to compete fulltime against the pirates, instead of never. When you limit access to your content, you don't drive up demand. Demand is what it is, and it's transitory. All you do when you keep your fans from getting to your stuff is drive them to go elsewhere.

Are you listening, Pandora? Are you watching, Hulu? Disney?