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Re:Apple has damaged the perceived value of software by pvg on Thursday May 04, 2017 @08:33AM (#14264306)
As with all IP, once created the value of a copy is pretty much zero.

The cost of copying is not related to value.

But you'll gladly pay the plumbers hourly wage and material costs.

Most people, quite sensibly, don't want to pay a programmer's or airplane engineer's hourly wage.

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Re:Apple has damaged the perceived value of software by ue_ on Thursday May 04, 2017 @08:54AM (#14264419)
Yet nevertheless the engineer and programmers are for the most part paid wage for labour power, measured in hours.
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Re:Apple has damaged the perceived value of software by pvg on Thursday May 04, 2017 @01:20PM (#14266738)
As is the person who drives a combine harvester.
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Re:Apple has damaged the perceived value of software by Aaargh20318 on Thursday May 04, 2017 @10:05AM (#14264882)
> The cost of copying is not related to value.

Then what is ?

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