Sky- why oh why?

First they outbid the BBC and bought 24. Then they outbid Channel 4 and bought Lost. Then they outbid Five and bought Prison Break. All shows that I really enjoy and watched regularly. So, what have Sky gone and done now? Yes, you guessed it, they have outbid Five and purchased Season 5 of House. I don't have Sky. I can no longer watch any of these shows when they air. I have to buy the DVD box sets if I want to watch them. Viewing figures on Sky are substantially lower than on terrestrial TV, but because they have money Sky can claim exclusivity for their programming. Every time Sky does something like this it makes me more determined not to buy a dish and subscribe to a monthly package because then I would be funding a machine of pure greed. Instead I will either have to do without or wait for the shiny discs. I want to cry.