XPost: alt.non.racism, alt.startrek, rec.arts.sf.tv   
   XPost: rec.arts.startrek.current, rec.arts.tv   
   From: j.clarke.873638@gmail.com   
      
   In article , dtravel@sonic.net says...   
   >   
   > On 6/23/2017 4:23 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:   
   > > anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:   
   > >> Dimensional Traveler  wrote:   
   > >>> On 6/22/2017 7:00 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:   
   > >>>>    Dimensional Traveler  wrote:   
   > >>>>> On 6/22/2017 2:45 PM, Obveeus wrote:   
   > >   
   > >>>>>> ...and did you see who is playing Harry Mudd?   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>> No idea.  All I really know about the casting is the lead is someone I   
   > >>>>> haven't heard of before and Michelle Yeoh apparently got shanghaied   
   into   
   > >>>>> this, I assume because of a desperate need to keep her American SAG   
   > >>>>> medical insurance or some such.  Since I wouldn't be able to afford the   
   > >>>>> subscription fee and wouldn't be able to stream it if I did pay for it,   
   > >>>>> I have no need to pay attention except for the fun of mocking it.  :)   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> If you get CBASS you can see the first ep free.  Lucky for me, I don't.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>> Why would I watch a first episode of a show I know I won't be able to   
   > >>> watch subsequent episodes of?   
   > >>   
   > >> I wonder that as well, but their entire business plan revolves around   
   > >> that assumption.   
   > >   
   > > I presume it's b/c you'll like it so much that you'll subscribe.   
   > >   
   > Why would I subscribe to a service that I wouldn't be able to use?  I'm   
   > guessing that a significant percentage of people who have new hardware   
   > and the latest software won't be able to stream it since that appears to   
   > be the case with every other streaming service.  (Hell, YOUTUBE   
   > sometimes throttles their feed to me!)   
      
   What makes you think that that has anything to do with your hardware?   
      
   > And I don't have anything close   
   > to "current" H/W or S/W.  I can't afford the new hardware and the new   
   > software won't run on what I do have.   
      
   A Chromecast is 35 bucks.   
      
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