Really? Hulu Desktop? That sounds great! Now I can watch… wait, no, I used to be able to do this exact same thing on a free application called Boxee. Then Jason Kilar made a blog post back in February going on about how it was such a hard decision but they had to cut them off, because the content providers demanded it. And now the content providers are endorsing…

Oh, see, see, I see what you did there. Cute.

I was on your side, when I had Hulu violently jerked from my TV. I followed the “the content providers made us” tripe, and I thought “poor Hulu, they’re trying to be innovative, but the content providers just don’t get it and won’t let them.” And now we get this out of left field (with Boxee still blocked, last I looked, though they may have found yet another workaround). Sadly, I’m not a psychic, so I can’t look into the intentions of individuals. Being the not-a-mind-reader I am, it now looks a lot like an underhanded stab in the back so that you could release your own exclusive client.

Other companies have done that. It’s really not that unbusiness-like. But you at least say “you know, we’re actually uncomfortable with third party interactions with our content, and would prefer you use our client instead.” You don’t cry “it’s out of our hands, boo hoo”.

I’m not going to start spouting “Hulu is just a corporate butt-puppet” or “you’ve lost me as a viewer for ever and ever amen” like I keep hearing. And I hate to give a kick in the teeth for trying to offer functionality. But, I do want to say that the whole mix of things has a really bad smell to it. Bad form, and all that rot. I heard the words “good faith” passed around a lot back in February, but I haven’t actually seen much of it. It might be nice, when you get this thing solid, to offer a bone back to the guys you pushed around. Maybe something in the form of an approved and clean API for third party interactions. Something to ensure your content flows as intended, with the functionality you snatched away.

You know the Linux crowd would love you forever. Please?

hulu says:

“how can we make it easier for users to immerse themselves in the great shows and movies Hulu is fortunate to have access to? Our answer was to build a new PC and Mac application”

You mean your answer was to block access to the existing hulu userbase who -already- accessed your content on the big screen.

Please stop arbitrarily blocking web browsers and applications from accessing your content. I’m not going to run yet another application when I can instead aggregate everyone’s content into a single platform.

..david (an ex-hulu viewer using boxee)

It’s funny because all I heard was blah blah blah I hate Canada.

No Linux!? Jesus give me a break, first you play hardass retards with Boxee, and then NO LINUX desktop version?!

Man you guys are a bunch assholes.

I notice that Hulu is still committed to overseas broadcasting. I wonder where I can find details of the level of committment and progress that Hulu is achieving to bringing such content to the rest of the world?

Come on guys ‘n’ girls, don’t tell the rest of the world that you’re committed when it’s quite clear that the rest of the world is not on the agenda – we’d prefer a straight up denial of service instead of the same old plattitudes!

Well I love it. Put it on my iMac and Macbook. Plays perfectly with no problems here in Hawaii. Good quality, no skipping and great experience. I am on TWC in Waikiki.

Good job …

How about a Media center plugin? I like Hulu, I really do but I don’t need another media interface. I need Hulu to fit into the media interface I already use. I really don’t get the problem.

No linux version? I second (third? fourth?) letting boxee back into the game.

Just wanted to add my feelings to the “Boxee Contingent”… I’ll probably not use this app… I think it’s great that you’ve put the effort into it and made it freely available and all the other kudos, but the fact of the matter is that Boxee and Tivo are my main TV-viewing frameworks and they work great.

As an avid and dedicated Hulu viewer, I’d much rather see you put your time into supporting an official Boxee/XBMC plugin and/or a Tivo extension (similar to the YouTube and Netflix ones).

For the record, I still pay for standard cable (well, FIOS-TV) service in addition to all my other online viewing activities.

I’m with the angry mob… If the content owners are ok with this why not let us use Boxee to access Hulu again. Or at least Boxee when it’s on non TV. My Mac Mini is plugged directly into my TV, how is that different from an TV?

Why is there no Linux support?! Why?

I need to know if you plan on releasing a native Hulu Desktop app…before I start pushing this through twitter and to the various blogs and rss feeds around the net.

24 hours Hulu. I want an answer. I will be notifying the major sites around the internet including, CNET, Slashdot, Tech News World, Linux and Open Source News, Linux Insider, Linux Journal, Linux News, LXer Linux News, OSDir, and, OSNews, linking them to the thread for Linux support showcasing the outcry of faithful Hulu watchers begging for a Linux client.

I agree with pretty well everybody else, just release a WMC plugin, and let boxee do what they were already doing. Your market penetration will go through the roof.

Here is a notion. Give us a media center plug-on like the recently released netflix one so we don’t have to go through this garbage. Come on already guys, get with the program!

Matt is exactly right. Any attempt to parse between a “Personal Computer” and any other personal computing device is ridiculous. My phone IS a “Personal Computer”! It just happens to run on a battery and in my pocket, just like any UMPC I would ever buy would. Any set-top box device I would buy IS a “Personal Computer”, most often running that great PC OS called Linux. Every “Personal Computer” I own, whether desktop or laptop or pocketable, can be connected to my HDTV. My current HDTV happens to accept many computer outputs through VGA, Component, or HDMI (which is pin compatible with DVI). Boxee runs ON a “Personal Computer”! And how is RESTRICTING the types of devices your ADVERTISING runs on of any business benefit?! Just goes to show, as usual, idiots are running the show.

Please bring hulu back to boxee. The fact that you have ignored the fact that boxee solved this problem some time ago is very disheartening. I’ll download this product when hulu decides to play nice with boxee.

What about boxee? Let boxee back in! Y’alls had me watching 2-6+ hrs a day when it worked on boxee. Now you’re hindering it and I’m now back to watching ZERO hours of your media per day. I’ll never “BUY” a hulu application box, because I already have more choices via boxee on AppleTV!!! Hulu’s methodologies are like a sinking ship…

Eric HULU bills it self as TV for the internet but at the moment it seems that HULU only wants to be TV for the Personal Computer and the NBC lawyer that wrote this clause into the Terms of Service must of had their head in the sand for the past 5 years

You may not download, install or use the Hulu Software on any device other than a Personal Computer including without limitation digital media receiver devices (such as Apple TV), mobile devices (such as a cell phone device, mobile handheld device or a PDA), network devices or CE devices (collectively “Prohibited Devices”).

So How do you deal with Computers that have a TV out or a Device/card that will connect your laptop to a TV or a TV that has a Computer built into it do you put in technical protection measures similar to Macrovision like HULU already does to 3rd Party apps like Boxee or my Mediaplayer

Or Will You Just Let Us

WATCH TV WHERE WE WANT ,HOW WE WANT and HOW WE WANT

“how can we make it easier for users to immerse themselves in the great shows and movies Hulu is fortunate to have access to? Our answer was to build a new PC and Mac application that gives users the option to step outside of their browser, keyboard and mouse and into something different.”

Uhm….Boxee was and still is the answer.

Lame Hulu, just lame.

didnt we already have an application that made it easy to deliver hulu content to full screen view that was controlled with a remote? yeah…we did. it was called boxee.