▲ 440 ▼ Why do companies think it's a good idea ? (thelemmy.club) submitted 2 months ago by Grumpus_Maximus to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] cockmushroom@reddthat.com 4 points 2 months ago (1 child) Because they won't be forced to lower the sale pricenin proportion with the lowered production cost. We sold our futures for magic beans when we decided it was "fair" for a store to charge paying customers extra to cover losses incurred from theft. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DdCno1@beehaw.org 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) Development costs are much bigger of an issue than production costs. Physical media disappearing changes nothing about this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cockmushroom@reddthat.com 1 point 2 months ago Since you seem to need someone to spell it out for you: the point is that they're doing it because they won't be charging any less. And you're almost right; devopment costs don't affect production costs very much at all. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DdCno1@beehaw.org 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) Development costs are much bigger of an issue than production costs. Physical media disappearing changes nothing about this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cockmushroom@reddthat.com 1 point 2 months ago Since you seem to need someone to spell it out for you: the point is that they're doing it because they won't be charging any less. And you're almost right; devopment costs don't affect production costs very much at all. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cockmushroom@reddthat.com 1 point 2 months ago Since you seem to need someone to spell it out for you: the point is that they're doing it because they won't be charging any less. And you're almost right; devopment costs don't affect production costs very much at all. permalink fedilink source parent
