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randomdata on June 6, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Take my money, HBO

Profit isn't inherently evil, so I assume by his comment that the "evil cable executives" would cease to be evil if they offered a product considered reasonable by him.

philwelch on June 6, 2012 [–]

Aside from the "Time Warner owns HBO" issue, it makes sense to distinguish content producers like HBO from, say, Comcast (who are far more evil).

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