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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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I agree, but I must point out that this:
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Originally Posted by RP Fade
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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easily points right back to this:
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Originally Posted by RP Fade
If one person is jumping off the bridge, does not mean everyone else has to and that it's a good idea.
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So the question is, if it's damaging to your biz, why line up to jump off? And why have so many? I'm trying to relate to a program owner's perspective here, because I'm not one. I guess the closest thing I can think of as an analogy is how designers have a tendency to continue cutting their fees to nearly nothing, and in the case of "design contests" to literally nothing except for the "lucky" winner. I consider those things damaging to my business, and so I do not "jump off the bridge".
Only the program owners can explain why they do the things they do. I think they're all a little nutty anyway.
