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Your insurance policy is not a good. It's a service. Rental apartment - from what perspective? The renter or owner? Government regulations don't count. I meant

Your insurance policy is not a good. It's a service. Rental apartment - from what perspective? The renter or owner? Government regulations don't count. I meant from the vendor's perspective. A gun, you definitely can do anything you want with a gun. Hence the problem of violent crimes in many countries and the thriving 'arms trafficking' trade. Your airline ticket, again...this is a service. If you a buy a plane, you can fly wherever you want (within reason) and the plane can fly. An event, hence a ticket to an event, is a service.

tptacek 16y ago
There's plenty of software you can buy and treat like a "good" and not a "service". But your point is that vendors should not be allowed to sell software as a service. Presumably, people shouldn't be allowed to rent cars either? I don't see how you ever get around the fact that people should be able to charge whatever they want for what they build. Yes, they should be transparent about it. But who are you to say "since your bits are running on my computer, and my computer can save them and replay them over and over again, you have no right to restrict how I use them"?
- marcamillion 16y ago
  This is where I think many entrepreneurs get their stuff mixed up. I am he who giveth thee the ability to earneth a living whilst doeth what thee doeth. I am a paying customer. A migration of all people like me, and you will have to find a job doing something else. That being said, I don't think you should be listen to EVERYTHING every customer has ever said...but blatant disregard to my opinions with the statement: "But who are you to say 'since your bits are running on my computer, and my computer can save them and replay them over and over again, you have no right to restrict how I use them?'" Suppose, when you bought your computer wit Windows and wanted to install your favorite version of Linux on it, you were restricted from doing so. Many people would cry foul. It's the same thing, it's just that we have been cultured into believing that when we 'buy' something, we should be told how to use it. Enough is enough!
dman 16y ago
The renter - you rented the apartment, it would not cost the landlord anything extra if you sublet it, yet many places have restrictions on subletting. I am targetting your notion that if it doesnt cost the vendor anything extra you can do whatever you want. Both in case of the airline ticket and a concert ticket I think the situation is very similar to running software on multiple machine. There is a fixed cost to production, yet there are terms outlining how the user can use the product.

tptacek 16y ago

There's plenty of software you can buy and treat like a "good" and not a "service". But your point is that vendors should not be allowed to sell software as a service. Presumably, people shouldn't be allowed to rent cars either? I don't see how you ever get around the fact that people should be able to charge whatever they want for what they build. Yes, they should be transparent about it. But who are you to say "since your bits are running on my computer, and my computer can save them and replay them over and over again, you have no right to restrict how I use them"?

marcamillion 16y ago
This is where I think many entrepreneurs get their stuff mixed up. I am he who giveth thee the ability to earneth a living whilst doeth what thee doeth. I am a paying customer. A migration of all people like me, and you will have to find a job doing something else. That being said, I don't think you should be listen to EVERYTHING every customer has ever said...but blatant disregard to my opinions with the statement: "But who are you to say 'since your bits are running on my computer, and my computer can save them and replay them over and over again, you have no right to restrict how I use them?'" Suppose, when you bought your computer wit Windows and wanted to install your favorite version of Linux on it, you were restricted from doing so. Many people would cry foul. It's the same thing, it's just that we have been cultured into believing that when we 'buy' something, we should be told how to use it. Enough is enough!

dman 16y ago

The renter - you rented the apartment, it would not cost the landlord anything extra if you sublet it, yet many places have restrictions on subletting. I am targetting your notion that if it doesnt cost the vendor anything extra you can do whatever you want. Both in case of the airline ticket and a concert ticket I think the situation is very similar to running software on multiple machine. There is a fixed cost to production, yet there are terms outlining how the user can use the product.