simplicity

The recent chatter between Hulu and Boxee regarding Hulu requesting Boxee to stop streaming Hulu videos is kind of crazy. I’m not surprised that this is occurring as Hollywood’s reaction to anything new and user-adopted is always fear. This occurred with sound in films, the VCR, and the DVR just to name a few. But, what is very surprising is that there isn’t a valid reasoning yet from the content providers. Whether you watch the videos on Hulu.com with Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, or Boxee the content as well as the advertisements are the same. The only difference is that Boxee essentially is gives you a different presentation of from which to watch the videos from.

I can’t fathom what the thought process is. If I don’t use Boxee, I can still hook up my laptop or computer to my tv and watch it with the browser, so the argument can’t be that I’m watching these videos on my television. I truly hope that this can be figured out soon, because it will be important for the future of watching studio created content.