It was only a few weeks ago that we were discussing how, thanks to how fractured streaming has become, watching NFL games is becoming more and more an expensive and complicated process. It’s gotten so bad that ESPN has released an app designed specifically just to help viewers find where to watch the NFL game they’re interested in. But finding it alone doesn’t mean you can watch it, what with the labyrinthian landscape of different cable and streaming providers the NFL has negotiated to show its games. The point is not only that this is getting far too expensive for fans, but that there is a mental transactional cost associated with all of this as well.
Repeat it with me:
Piracy is a service problem
Louder for the folks in the back!
It won’t get any bigger
I live in the US and I’m ready to sign an open letter to Congress to officially legalize format shifting media even if it is “DRM protected media.” (Bluray and DVD)