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Originally Posted by XSAXS
Whoa. Hold on. I agree with you. You're right. How else do you want me to say it?
That's why I said "mostly on track."
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Sorry I didn't understand what you were getting at.
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Originally Posted by XSAXS
The point I'm trying to make is that we shouldn't waste time being cynical and pissed off about the industry -- like everyone on this board seems to be.
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Cynicism has it's place in business if for no other reason then it kills delusions of grandeur.
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Originally Posted by XSAXS
Instead, we should be refining our product offerings. Inventing. Evolving. Adapting... Just as you described.  |
Business, of most kinds, are non-sustainable on the Internet.
In the short term there can be momentary "Blips" as people get excited about a new platform or a different technology. But sites fall in and out of favor with the general public and reliance on technology is often very unpredictable due to the extreme competition among tech developers and the fickle nature of the public. For example investment of labor resources and financial resources in virtual reality could quickly become a monetary dead end.
The consumer is a screaming baby with a bad case of colic. He seldom knows what he wants until he's given something that stimulates him. Unfortunately our consumers are over-stimulated and what they want is even greater stimulation. Which under the traditional Internet porn video business models can only be accomplished in the very extreme short terms.
The moment something we produce becomes popular it immediately gets distributed by the pirates and the tube sites. Add to this that each distribution effectively creates another copy of the video and we have a market that instead of rewarding growth kills it while simultaneously saturating itself with copies of the video and driving down its value.
Anyone using the Internet has to imagine a way of exploiting it without suffering the above two effects.