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The record industry was incapable of doing that, it had to be imposed by outside companies. The TV/Movie industry is incapable of doing that, it has been impose
by dageshi 10y ago
The record industry was incapable of doing that, it had to be imposed by outside companies. The TV/Movie industry is incapable of doing that, it has been imposed by Netflix/Amazon e.t.c. I don't think large publishers are any more capable of building their own micropayments system than either of the other industries I cited, they've certainly had long enough to try.
- belovedeagle 10y agoOfftopic, but "etc." isn't an acronym or initialism so shouldn't have periods after each letter. It is an abbreviation for "et cetera". Fun fact: historically it could also be rendered &c., because, after all, the ampersand is itself just a ligature for "et".
- nathanaldensr 10y agoMaybe they're saying that the Elite Tauren Chieftain imposed it? :-D
- dageshi 10y agoYou're right, I really don't know where I picked that up from, but I think I've been doing it for a long time now, don't think I can break the habit.
- intrasight 10y agoBut those are both examples of subscriptions businesses - which the publishers already do.