Re:The 'Fuck You' Pattern
by mdavis6890 on Monday June 28, 2021 @05:38PM
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An important point is that WinAmp was not hosting content, so the cost was limited to the relatively small development cost. And there's still lots of that around.
Once you get into actual hosting, it's very hard to get past a small number of users without a lot of funding. And since a lot of users don't want to pay, well...
Re:The 'Fuck You' Pattern
by SavantIdiot on Monday June 28, 2021 @06:16PM
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That's a good point. I was referring to the sentiment at the time where people thought there was nothing wrong with sharing music files that one person paid for and then millions copied, rather than buy. Putting aside the ethics of $1/song as good or bad, there was a sense of entitlement that I think has been tempered. Maybe?
I think the point you are trying to make is that people are demanding free (as in beer) content, a la WinAmp of the 1990's. In the past 20 years, we've come around out of that greedy phase and have come to accept a certain amount of advertising for content. But when the non-free content dominates the free content (e.g. pinterest's SEO), it's a fuck you pattern and not consumer greed.
EDIT: IMHO