Experience and capsule review: NBC Direct Download Service
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:13 pm
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?
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?