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Originally Posted by Shap
I think the important thing is it never reaches free but pushes towards it. I think Bandwidth is the best example. A few years ago webmasters paid >$1000 then >$100 per mb. Then down to >$50 then $30 and now most people are <$10.
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True, but those are commodity like items in which the cost to produce/provide those items has also decreased while demand has gone up. The price to produce A-list quality music, movies, or porn, has not substantially decreased.
Instead, the boneheads in this industry kept production costs the same but devalued the product by giving it away free. I'm not an MBA but I believe that's the opposite of what a successful business does.
I think my point is that just because a delivery model has evolved to provide free distribution doesn't mean a true free business model can follow. If someone invented a magic key that opened and started any car, would that mean the auto industry is moving towards free?
But I guess the thread is about DRM and streaming now
