Re:Apple Never Invented Anything
by erichocean on Monday September 03, 2012 @09:19AM
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I've sold software with a crazy markup too. Something like 100,000,000%! Because it's very cheap (far less than a penny) to duplicate the software, but I sold it online for $99.
Pharmaceutical companies do the same thing. It's not the pill that's expensive, it's designing it. Same with software.
Re:Apple Never Invented Anything
by Karunamon on Monday September 03, 2012 @11:10AM
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The difference being that your software probably isn't going to save anyone's life. While a specific chemical compound designed for that purpose probably can. There is a clear moral difference.
Pharmaceutical companies do the same thing. It's not the pill that's expensive, it's designing it. Same with software.