The One Market in which Netflix and Hulu doesn’t work that DirecTV/Dish Network does

I was on a United flight a couple of weeks ago, and I couldn’t help but read the fine print when it came to ordering Wi-Fi on the plane. The airline had two tiers, one with email and app use, and another that was a bit more expensive where you could browse whatever the hell you wanted. Me? I opted to just get some DirecTV.

At $7.99, it was by far the most affordable option, but really if I wanted to watch ANY TV, this was the only way I was going to do it. Reason being, United’s notes about Wi-Fi use specifically FORBADE any access to Hulu and Netflix. So, guess what just happened?

Satellite TV just won a round. Yep. Wanna watch BoJack Horseman’s brilliant second season on Netflix? Not gonna happen. Wanna check out the first two episodes of The Awesomes on Hulu? You haven’t a snowball’s chance in hell. Wanna catch up on reruns of Regular Show on Cartoon Network? BOOM! DirecTV and Dish Network have you covered on their airline TV services.

So, while a bunch of other outlets like to spell the doom of regular television versus internet television, maybe they should bring a couple of extra books next time they want to bring their iPad onboard with pre-loaded Netflix thinking “This is gonna be a short flight”.