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Originally Posted by Robbie
I'm assuming those are more "unbiased" stats from torrentfreak? Gideon...look at your bank account. What do you see? Nothing. And that's where this "technology" is leading to. Nothing. Yes, it can be monetized and already has been. By dating and cam ads.
But the one sale a paysite MIGHT could get is way offset by the thousands of people viewing a full scene that is meant for the members area of the paysite itself.
Not to mention the millions of people who simply won't join a paysite anymore because they and all their friends now know that if and when they want to see any paysites members area they can now do it for free.
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Here's where you're missing the boat buddy. Seriously.
They paysite as we have known it, is like the CD. It'll still be around for awhile but it's pretty much obsolete.
The music industry spent a fortune trying to protect the distribution of CDs and stop the proliferation of digital music. How much good did it do them?
How much more money do movie studios make today than they did 25 years ago
because of the vcr and dvd player? They very things they tried to kill.
The people who aren't in business anymore are the people who owned crappy little movie theaters that only had one or two screens (not unlike most paysites today)
In today's environment some movie theaters thrive, but only the ones with over a dozen screens, who have stadium seating with ergonomic chairs and lots of other goodies.
You're pissed off about the current situation because of how you think it will affect you personally and your current business model specifically. It's got you so pissed off that you'll argue that 2+2 doesn't equal 4, if gideon says that it does.
In the example of movie theaters in the era of the VCR, if you see yourself only as a movie theater owner who is being victimized by "those people" then you're surely going to fail.
However, if you see yourself as an entrepreneur in the entertainment business, and try to find a way to profit from the new technology, you're much more likely to succeed.
