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Originally Posted by RP Fade
Yes and no. If one person is jumping off the bridge, does not mean everyone else has to and that it's a good idea. Copying good ideas is one thing, but copying things that are destructive and damaging is another.
For example, the record industry saw a common enemy and banded to together for the greater good of the industry. We see an enemy and try to figure out how we can milk it and make money at it. One shady program starts doing $100 pps payouts by either ripping off the surfer or the webmaster, other programs copy them just to compete, no matter how much of terrible idea and how damaging it is in the longrun.
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To expand on that:
I wonder how many people who are complaining about dipped sales, did hidden x-sales back in the day etc. Think about the negative nature of porn, we have such a bad rep, that people when they signup typically cancel right away because its "porn, I know im gonna get screwed". We circle jerked people on the free end and then over charged them on the backend. Not all of this can be pinned on the "FREE" side of the business by any means.