If Internet was like TV

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31 del 1 de 2012

I love Internet. I love it because it has evolved, so far, without restrictions, without chains or limits. It has its good things and, of course, its bad things, but we must learn a lot from it. If we manage to adapt old services and technologies to modern times we'll find success, if we don't, Internet will be there to show you how you SHOULD have done it...

Now imagine Internet was like TV. You wake up in the morning and connect to Internet to read the news in your favorite RSS reader but, uh.. oh, ERROR, RSS reader is only available from 1 to 2PM, sorry. Umm, then I'll connect to Twitter to see what's going on in the world... MEEK! Twitter is scheduled for 5 to 7PM... sounds stupid, doesn't it?

Yeah, as stupid as not being able to watch a TV show or film that has already been released at any time you want. Specially when you are paying for a premium TV service.

OK, I know this already exists in some countries, for limited services and channels, and frequently with hard restrictions. Some times they even offer the same show at different times to help those who missed it, and f***k those who already saw it.

This is the price we have to pay for TV companies not wanting to move to Internet and sticking with old static TV programming.

Few days ago I wanted to watch some TV show a friend recommended to me. I knew that it had already been shown on TV the day before but I didn't have my Delorean at hand so I looked for it on Youzee (the Spanish Netflix) but it wasn't available yet... sheesh! There goes my 7 bucks. Well, wonder what happened next... Just a tip; I finally managed to watch it...

The thing is that I'm paying for a premium TV services, with lots of channels, and all of this through Internet, but static. So half of the time I'm paying for something I'm not using.

How can someone still wonder why piracy exists?