[Freak_NL]

> CBS hiding Star Trek behind their proprietary $10/month service is going to kill Star Trek, because the intended audience sees it as a bullshit cash grab.

Interestingly, that seems to be US (and I think Canada) only. The rest of us get the new episode on Netflix every Monday. The new one should be ready by now.

Of course, if I want to actually watch it in 1080p I still have to resort to piracy, because Netflix doesn't want to offer anything over 720p if you use a free operating system and browser even if you have the HD-and-two-screens subscription. The reason they don't really give but hint at is that the DRM available on free software isn't good enough, and I might be tempted to go and upload the 1080p video on some pirate site. So to watch it in 1080p I have to go to a pirate site and get it there, where it's already available (of course). Makes sense.

[gonehome]

I actually went to sign up for the CBS thing via Apple TV and was greeted with a ridiculous privacy policy saying something along the lines of they reserve the right to sell all my personal data to third parties.

You're better off downloading in that case.

The other CBS shows also look painfully bad (Little Sheldon?) - so I probably dodged a bullet anyway.

[colejohnson66]

That might have something to do with HDCP