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Re:I'm not burned out, I'm pissed off by javajosh on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @03:21AM (#21646188)
You tacitly assume that I am not aware that software products have an R&D cost, and you are (insultingly) wrong. Of course they do. And without artificial scarcity that R&D cost will not be recouped. The default state of software is an open source model, where the "developing, building, and deployment" doesn't cost money because there isn't any.
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Re:I'm not burned out, I'm pissed off by saberdancer on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @04:52AM (#21646569)
Copy and distribution costs for movies in a digital age are non existant. Are movies using artificial scarcity?
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Re:I'm not burned out, I'm pissed off by BlueTemplar on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @10:38AM (#21648728)
That movies are almost impossible to buy DRM-free should give you a hint ?
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Re:I'm not burned out, I'm pissed off by javajosh on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @10:22AM (#21648565)
Yes.
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