I'm ashamed to admit that I will never be compensated for the four minutes it took to rip the hour long CD that I will listen to for the next few decades of my life.
Instead, I invoiced HN for the time it took me to browse this forum and post this comment, and I strongly urge HN to require registered users to include personal payment information so we can bill each other for our time spent reading and replying to each other.
Life is a tax on my time, and I will not be cheated.
I don't understand how people can post comments like this as support for streaming.
Not being able to watch/listen anything when Internet uplink or service is down. Low quality and artifacts due to congestion. Relearning menus when on-high decides to change the UI. Password resets and locked accounts. Suffering through ads. Waiting for device firmware to update. Having to buy a new device because your old one isn't supported. Dealing with HDCP issues. Having to buy a new display because your old one isn't supported.
That seems like a lot more wasted time and frustration at inconvenient times, rather than having to do a bit of work on your own schedule to rip a CD or start a torrent. I'd say the main difference is that with the top-down solution you don't have to think too hard - just do whatever the top-down system instructs you do, no matter what it costs you.
