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I couldn't disagree with this statement more; I believe this kind of thinking is human nature and is in no way limited to "privileged people". People are willin
by cmiles74 7y ago
I couldn't disagree with this statement more; I believe this kind of thinking is human nature and is in no way limited to "privileged people". People are willing to put up with a fixed amount of inconvenience or spend a set dollar amount on entertainment. When the inconvenience or cost becomes to costly they look for alternatives.
These media companies are increasing the inconvenience (moving the product from service to service, requiring cancelling one and signing up with another) and increasing the cost (the alternative is to subscribe to more services). A rise in piracy seems the reasonable outcome anyone would expect.
- paulcole 7y ago> When the inconvenience or cost becomes to costly they look for alternatives. The alternative for an ethical person is not taking something you shouldn't.
- cmiles74 7y agoThat is your opinion. It does not change the facts as stated and, in my opinion, is not a helpful way of framing the issue. Certainly is isn't helping media companies sell more content nor is it helping their customers consume more content.
- paulcole 7y ago> That is your opinion. Since when did stealing = unethical become an opinion?
- cmiles74 7y agoEthical or not people look for alternatives if they feel the cost is too high.
- paulcole 7y agoNo. What you’re dancing around saying is that unethical people steal when they don’t want to pay.
- cmiles74 7y agoI am totally not dancing around it, that is straight up the observable and factual reality of the world that we live in. I do think that painting everyone who commits a crime of any magnitude with the same broad brush is unhelpful if you are, say, a large media company trying to make the big money.