The "Reclining Seat" rule applies....The airline would not have put in windows with adjustable shades unless my ticket price included the view, just my seat reclines as part of the fare base. Now, should the airline offer for sale at reduced price a non-reclining seat or a "window" seat without a window (or operable shade), let it do so.

I will be courteous enough to not recline during meal service - a rare worry in Y except across the ocean - but, if seated by the window, will have my shade up for sunrise, sunset, and glimmer of the Aurora Borealis, the Southern tip of Greenland and other famous historcal/hysterical landmarks. Having paid to see the world, I'm going to look when clouds don't obscure the view. I can watch the freakin' movies at home, whilst a book provides a format from which I can leave and return on my own schedule.