 en102Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to Goober
Re: Cheap? While I'm not into piracy, the argument of no piracy would lower the price.
The cable industry used to say this - 'stop piracy' its costing us. They pretty much mandate digital boxes, and most new TVs no longer support CATV, killing that argument, and yet TV prices are now going higher at a faster rate - even with competition.
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 GooberPremium
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kudos:4 | Apples to oranges.
The cable business and the software/content business are completely different animals. You can't compare the two effectively. |
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said by en102:While I'm not into piracy, the argument of no piracy would lower the price. The cable industry used to say this - 'stop piracy' its costing us. They pretty much mandate digital boxes, and most new TVs no longer support CATV, killing that argument, and yet TV prices are now going higher at a faster rate - even with competition. Console gaming could be used as an example. While games for consoles have been pirated, I'd have to imagine that number is very small compared to the number of consoles overall. Games are still $59.99...
Blaming piracy for high prices is pure bullsh!t. |
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said by en102:While I'm not into piracy, the argument of no piracy would lower the price. The cable industry used to say this - 'stop piracy' its costing us. They pretty much mandate digital boxes, and most new TVs no longer support CATV, killing that argument, and yet TV prices are now going higher at a faster rate - even with competition. Now they just make up their money by overcharging for DVRs and cable boxes. No piracy != lower prices. It means higher prices, now that they're a monopoly, or there's collusion (sounds like the RIAA and MPAA).
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While I agree with what you're saying, I think the way you're getting there is wrong.
Recently: »www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/11/12/cnet···dex.html
1 Millions xbox's in 1 wave? Ouch.. that's a lot. |
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