Re:Spanish football league defends phone 'spying'
by michaelmrose on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @01:54PM
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I'm not in favor of content owners being able to enforce conditions on usage.
Imagine if your shovel from Home Depot contained a little gps unit and connected to your phone via bluetooth to allow you to license it for usage at different sites with different rates and terms and packages you could sign up for. Buy the homeowner package for only 9.99 a year for one site. Buy the groundskeeper package for 24.99 a year for any site within a 3 mile radius of a given point. Licence unlimited locations for only 49.99 a year!
Want to lend your shovel to your friend no problem just login to your account and share a link and ensure your friend pays the 4.99 fee!
If it doesn't make sense for a shovel I'm not sure why it makes sense for anything else.
Market segmentation certainly means money but I don't see why we as consumers should buy into it or care if its violated.
Imagine if your shovel from Home Depot contained a little gps unit and connected to your phone via bluetooth to allow you to license it for usage at different sites with different rates and terms and packages you could sign up for. Buy the homeowner package for only 9.99 a year for one site. Buy the groundskeeper package for 24.99 a year for any site within a 3 mile radius of a given point. Licence unlimited locations for only 49.99 a year!
Want to lend your shovel to your friend no problem just login to your account and share a link and ensure your friend pays the 4.99 fee!
If it doesn't make sense for a shovel I'm not sure why it makes sense for anything else.
Market segmentation certainly means money but I don't see why we as consumers should buy into it or care if its violated.