*SPOILERS* - The Mandalorian Thread - *SPOILERS*

My take on it: it can be a spoiler.
Imagine if it was Darth Vader without his mask, saying he wants to see his son with his own eyes.
That's totally a spoiler for episode 5 and 6 of Star Wars, in several ways.

Posting a picture of Professor Hulk from Endgame is a spoiler.

If something that has impact on the story is revealed on a picture then it is a spoiler. It might be a minor one, but it definitely can be a minor or major one.

Baby Yoda's existence is of course a spoiler, for the first episode of The Mandalorian.

The spoiler being in existence for a short or long period of time doesn't change whether it is a spoiler or not.

It is true that this particular spoiler is all over the Internet, which is a damn shame.


Guide to recognize spoilers (the third one is
1. Is something intended as a surprise within the plot?
2. Is that thing/action/character being shown in advance?
(3.) Would you have minded if I had told you in advance?

I categorize the Baby Yoda pictures as a minor spoiler since most of them only spoil two things:
- The end of the first episode of the show, which tells the audience about the existence of the character
- That the Mandalorian does not collect the bounty for him

Edit: also keep in mind that the majority of people in the world has not seen the show, nor can they watch it (without breaking the law at least) for another six months or even longer.

 

That would be against the terms of use because you would have to make false claims about your person when you register.

 

Really? If you are paying money to the distributor to get their product, I don't see how that can be a problem. If you don't let paying customers buy your product than you are basically forcing them to go Yar Har Fiddly Dee and run and jump all day.

 

Yeah it is ridiculous.
For starters:
- you can only pay with an American credit card OR a paypal account registered in the US (or Canada).
- you have to put in your personal information, and the terms of use state that you are not allowed to lie.
- if you put in information that allows them to see that you are not in supported countries they tell you that it is not available in your country.

In fact I had to use a proxy to even get to the registrstion site. If I don't do that they will always redirect me to a german site who tells me that I am not allowed to register yet.
It took me a while since they seem to block most proxies I usually use.

 

As sad as it is: crime does pay there.
You can watch it on any device, without Internet, as often as you want, don't pay money, don't need an account, they can't take it down, it doesn't matter where or who you are. And so on.
The only downsides are that it is illegal and that the sources can be shady. Ok, and that you may have to wait a bit to get it.

The thing about paying is:
I don't want to deprive Disney of money. I want to give them money for things I like, and not give them money for things I don't like. That's the way to make them produce more stuff that I like.
...ok, in theory at least.

 

That's not 100% correct.
Streaming services do know what you watch. They can discern - far more exactly than the way it is done for normal TV or DVD sales - what people watch, when they watch it, how long they watch it and how often they watch it.
They know when people have a subscription but don't/rarely watch anything, or when they only watch the beginning of something and then stop.
That tells them when it is likely that people will cancel their subscriptions. Such stuff.
It is far easier to tell if people like something that way.

 

Well... I do watch the Mandalorian in the meantime.
But I'll subscribe for Kenobi and probably re-watch the Mando to make the statement.

 

"Boycott" is a strong choice of words. The difference between boycotting something and being uninterested in buying it is pretty small.