Why can't they give us our tv EVERYWHERE, easily?

I fired up my XBOX 360, since there is STILL no support on XBOX ONE for the following:
- HBO GO
- Showtime Anytime
- Dozens of others

I was able to run & authenticate HBO GO easily, but Showtime Anytime wasn't so easy.

First, since I tried authenticating on the iPad, the site assumed (incorrectly) that I would much prefer the "Showtime Anytime" App.  I would not.  My TV screen is considerably larger than that of my iPad.

So I switched over to the MacBook Air. Safari kept saying "The Primary Account holder for this account must register for Showtime Anytime first."  So I switched to Firefox.  Same thing.  Turned to the Windows desktop.  Same thing.

I've been a Showtime subscriber for nearly two decades.  Why can't "they" just give good service?

NOT Being Digital?

Back in 1995, I bought a book called "Being Digital" by Nicholas Negroponte.  Negroponte is the founder of the MIT Media Lab, as well as the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) Project.

I read it cover-to-cover several times, and it had a strong influence on me at the time, and many of the predictions made within it turned out to be right on the money.

Somewhere along the way, I lost it.  I don't know if I loaned it out and never got it back, misplaced it in a move - I just don't know where it went.  So I wanted to replace it, and read it again.

Now that I live in the bright, shining digital future Negroponte foretold, I wanted to buy it in digital form to read on my iPad.  Get this - it's not available in readable digital form.  It's only available in print and audiobook (narrated by Penn Jillette).  WTF?!?