I agree. There are so many times I've wanted to hand someone some cash to watch a movie or TV show and not been able to, and resorted to torrenting. Now, for TV shows, I have a wonderful little automated workflow of ShowRSS > Catch.app > Transmission.app > iFlicks.app > iTunes. I have the latest TV shows the night they air, ad free, HD quality, with metadata and artwork, and it costs me nothing.

The only thing comparable, for some shows, is either iTunes or Hulu Plus, and with iTunes, 3 bucks a pop doesn't seem competitive in the slightest.

There's gotta be a more sustainable way to do this...