What they did was save you Time spent downloading the content by putting it on the original disk. It was there for you if you wanted it. It really did not save them anything by including it on the original disk, it was put there for our convenience. You and others need to get over the fact that it was there but not free. Have you ever bought an automobile with ON Star installed? It was included in the cost of the vehicle but it is not free to use, you have to pay for the privilege. How about your Cell Phone, you paid for it, the content is there, but you still have to pay for a service to use it. Your TV is cable ready, but you have to pay to use cable, or Netflix. HBO? Cinemax?