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Originally Posted by GatorB
I don't care if you're talking about music, mainstream movies or porn, it's the CONSUMER that determines the price. In the old days if a video tape or a magazine cost to much comsumer didn't have a choice other than not to buy the product. That in of itself can effect prices. Now they can get it other ways and once a consumer gets something for free they'll think it's ok to do all the time. So I think it's kind of important to make sure that happens as little as possible. Sure you can say 99 cents for a song from Itunes is a fair price. Hell I was paying that much for 45 singles 30 years ago. That's $2.50 in today's money. But the majority is only willing to pay $49 cents max then that's what you have to charge unless you're willing to give up on a potential customer forever.
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i think the "consumer" is losing the privilege of "determining price" in the digital realm. all paying customers are not honest customers. a customer who is lost because of a higher price, when the reason behind that higher price is all around them, is (imo) one who was probably gonna steal anyway. dont wanna raise the price point? fine. then you should be doing everything in your power to protect it. either way, i'd risk losing customers in an attempt to stop hemorrhaging money.
we scream bloody murder whenever microsoft, apple, adobe, or any other company makes us jump through all kinds of security and verification hoops to make sure we're not stealing their shit. but they do it because they know if they make it easy for us to steal it, we will. they don't make PSA's begging us not to (well, maybe they do but they do it in CONJUNCTION with the hoops & price increases
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Originally Posted by GatorB
Let me clue you in. People that download don't give a shit and think you'll keeping making porn forever. And until there isn't anymore new porn being made they have no reason to think otherwise.
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i'm well aware that they don't give a shit. my question is: why are we pandering to them?