What's the point you're trying to make? That you can't buy episodes of shows like Breaking Bad or Game of Thrones separate from cable, they're too expensive, or that Netflix and its kin aren't good enough?
My point is that even applying the word "buy" to something like an episode in todays context feels artificial. It's built around rules which state that everyone must pretend that Game of Thrones is being recorded onto video cassettes and you are walking over to the video store to borrow them.
I'm not trying to make a normative or ideological point. Overall, the shows themselves and the system of selling and delivering them to us is way better than 10 years ago. I'm not claiming some unalienable right (though ironically there is an inalienable ability, via pirating) to see anything, anytime at a price of my choosing.
I'm not making suggestions for an alternative economy where Game of Thrones gets produced. I'm just saying that this system is ugly and feels fragile. It's a kludge.
