[johnrob]

Nobody complains about referring friends as a way to ascend pre-release invite lists (i.e. http://www.socialcam.com/). How is this any different?

[rocktronica]

The artificial scarcity on beta apps is understood but unavoidable, if that's the route the app makers are going.

Telling me to bother my friends before I can watch a video that I can get w/ a quick Google search or view-source is another matter.

(That said, nice little script you made. Pretty clever!)

[ojbyrne]

Actually I find that practice kind of pernicious. I'm sure I'm not the only one.