HBO doesn’t want your money, Web-only television viewers.

The premium cable channel on Wednesday acknowledged a fan campaign called “Take My Money, HBO!” with a Twitter message that said, in effect, thanks but no thanks.

The message reaffirmed HBO’s belief that it’s better off with its existing cable and satellite partners than it would be on its own, despite growing pressure from Internet-based alternatives.

“Take My Money, HBO!” is a very simple Web page that was started this week by Jake Caputo, a Web designer who wants to be able to subscribe to HBO via the Internet. The page asks: “How much would you pay monthly for a standalone HBO GO streaming service? Enter a number and Tweet it to let HBO know we want it and we will pay.” The page quickly gained attention from others like Mr. Caputo who want to subscribe to HBO without having to subscribe to a cable or satellite provider like Comcast or DirecTV.

But HBO has resisted such entreaties because of its lucrative relationships with those providers. Selling subscriptions to HBO on the Internet would almost certainly undermine those relationships.

And HBO seemed to affirm that view on Wednesday. In a reaction to the “Take My Money” campaign on Wednesday morning, the channel’s Twitter account stated, “Love the love for HBO. Keep it up.” Then it linked to an article by Ryan Lawler of TechCrunch and said that for now, he “has it right.”

Mr. Lawler wrote on Tuesday: “What would happen if HBO no longer had the pay-TV industry’s marketing team propping it up all the time? The results would be disastrous, and there’s no way that HBO could make up in online volume the number of subscribers it would lose from cable. Which is why, even though some users would actually pay more for access to HBO GO without all the other cable channels, you won’t see it show up as a standalone service anytime soon.”

Of course, HBO’s message included the words “for now” — a reminder that as the economics of television change, so too could HBO’s calculations about its relationships.

For now, Web-only television viewers will have to keep swapping HBO GO passwords, it seems.