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HBO Won't Shut Up and Take My Money

Netflix CEO says their "goal is to become HBO faster than HBO can become us."    Well, personally, I'm hoping they succeed... especially in the realm of original series. Mostly because I want to see HBO lose. I want to see them wither and crumble. HBO has always had phenomenal original series because they can take risks and make shows that will captivate, entertain, and push the limits with worrying about ratings and sponsors and viewer demographics and selling ad-time... which are huge factors that network shows have to constantly consider. But HBO has failed to adapt to the evolving and rapidly growing digital world. No, worse than that: they have straight out *refused* to adapt. Want to watch one of their series? Get an HBO cable subscription. Or wait until it's out on DVD/Bluray and buy it. HBO series' aren't even available for purchase on iTunes. HBO's series aren't even available for purchase on iTunes. Now, while they DO have a &q