Experience and capsule review: NBC Direct Download Service

[Lysander]

Went to site, was told FF was incompatible, switched to IE, agreed to license agreement, downloaded client, selected episode of Studio60, waited year to download, hit play in WIndows Media Player, walked out of room durring pasta add, came back to DRM error message, clicked upgrade, was taken to generic Microsoft troubleshooting page, entered add/remove programs, uninstalled client, visited thepiratebay, found same episode in HD and DRM-less downloaded at blazing fast speeds, enjoyed episode in Winamp.

Review: FAIL

The end.

P.S. 2: assholes who run NBC Subject: WTF are you thinking

Why the hell are you putting DRM on a file you're making available for free? "Ooh, nooo! Plz dont share that arund! That'll lose us (number of people you share it with *0) dollars of cold, hard cash!"

I mean I assume it's so that all the people who watch that particular file do it through the NBC click-through thing so that they can track downloads and earn the ad revvinue, but it's FREE, so why would people hsare it anyway? And then I remember that 62% of the peopel who got the free Radiohead album got it on bittorrent rather than the band website and I tromp off disconsolently looking for my pills. But seriously, does anybody actually trust NBC executives with personal info?

[hygraed]

How do you watch TV shows

[Vitriola]

How do you have sex

[hygread]

Sex, my ass

[hygraed]

Haha you spelled my name wrong

and to answer the question, anal and oral

[Ice Cream Jonsey]

I mean I assume it's so that all the people who watch that particular file do it through the NBC click-through thing so that they can track downloads and earn the ad revvinue, but it's FREE, so why would people hsare it anyway? And then I remember that 62% of the peopel who got the free Radiohead album got it on bittorrent rather than the band website and I tromp off disconsolently looking for my pills. But seriously, does anybody actually trust NBC executives with personal info?

This is the best Lysander new topic in quite a while. Excellent work!

[bruce]

Sex, my ass

That answers the question, but I really didn't want to know that.

Bruce

[Jack Straw]

Sex, my ass

No.

[Bugs]

disconsolently

I think you win the award for the best word that isn't a word, but should be.

[Lysander]

I'm so glad my bitching about NBC has stirred such fine discussion.