Extremely valid points. I was in no way demeaning the value of the experiment, or of the show itself; it was just my initial reaction to seeing the post.
Anytime a company decides to shakeup the establishment (in this case, cable and pay-per-view), it is extremely interesting to the community as a whole.
This specific submission dovetails nicely with a recent submission about visualizations, summaries, and comparisons of HN user karma (aka cumulative instantaneous reactions); Netflix is rejecting TV karma in favour of sustained quality load.
Anytime a company decides to shakeup the establishment (in this case, cable and pay-per-view), it is extremely interesting to the community as a whole.