I was excited when I heard about Netflix streaming coming to the 360, it made me hang onto the console instead of getting rid of it, since I hardly use it anymore.

Then I found out that it requires an Xbox Live Gold subscription. $50/year to use a service I already pay for, on another device. Grumble grumble...fine. I have some friends who still play games on the 360, I may play with them every now and again.

Then I read about HDCP restrictions with Netflix on the 360. It doesn't effect me since I use component with mine, but in principle, it's infuriating, and what if they arbitrarily decided in the future that HDCP connections are mandatory, and I'm SOL?

Now there's even more bullsh*t. Sony/Columbia Pictures isn't allowing their content to be streamed to the 360 via Netflix. Probably a territorial pissing match over the PS3, but as a consumer: f*ck you.

Needless to say, I'm no longer considering paying $50/year for LESS content than I already have access to via a subscription to the same provider. It transcends not making sense into pure insult.

To top it off, it appears that the new Macbooks implement HDCP, rendering existing Apple monitors and projectors useless for watching content bought on iTunes.

When are people going to get tired of paying to be treated like criminals?