Here'sa a screenshot of one of the many error messages I've gotten while trying to watch fights on the uber-shitty UFC On Demand "service". Yes, I've naively been paying to see fights that I could get for free on the internets because I am a fan of the UFC and want to support the sport. But this is it. I've spent hours and hours on tech support since I subscribed and this latest error message which started happening about 50% of the time since the last fight night is just too much.

And keep in mind this is after spending literally 5 hours over four days online with tech support trying to get the stupid thing to work again after 2 months of being unable to access it and not having time to jack with it. That was also the time they tell me that they're no longer supporting Windows 2000 -- and the only reason I had kept my old Windows 2000 machine around was to watch their shitty service. So now after upgrading my OS to XP, it still doesn't work. I'm admittedly no computer genius, but I shouldn't have to be -- everybody else on the internet that wants to sell me something makes it easy for me to buy their shit, why is UFC different?

How do I hate UFC on Demand? Let me count the ways:

1. No Macs. If you're on Apple, don't bother.
2. No Firefox. Yup, dust off that virus-ridden copy of Internet Explorer if you want to watch these fights.
3. Incomplete Archives. Yeah when I signed up I was under the impression that every UFC fight ever would be on there and maybe even most of the PRIDE fights. But no, they only post fights when they want to market an upcoming fight. So for example the GSP vs Matt Hughes fights were only added recently to build anticipation for UFC 83. And if its a fighter like Josh Barnett or Frank Shamrock you want to see, forget it they've been erased.
4. Can't Keep the Files. Yeah, they're so worried about piracy that they don't let the people who actually pay for the fights keep a copy. Well not like it's hard to make a copy, but its not something my mom or any other law-abiding citizen could do.
5. It Never Fucking Works. This is the one that I can't take anymore. The shit just doesn't work.

It'd be one thing if they were copyright nazis but made it easy for fans to buy their content online I'd be able to deal with it. But when I go through all these stupid hoops and still can't see the fights I fucking paid for....well, its bittorrent for me.