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"Harmful business model" is a reductive, meaningless argument. I don't buy many games and have 2 latest gen consoles. I would be harmed by your suggestion. Ho

• AnthonyMouse 6y ago
  > "Harmful business model" is a reductive, meaningless argument. It has a very specific meaning here. It means a market where the company is not subject to significant competitive pressure. > I don't buy many games and have 2 latest gen consoles. I would be harmed by your suggestion. You are engaged in arbitrage. The company sold you a subsidized game console on the theory that you would buy games for it, and you didn't. If everyone did what you did the business model would fail anyway (or the company would devise a way to prevent you from doing that), so you're hardly in a position to argue against something else that attacks the same business model that you're attacking yourself. You would also have no recourse if the company implemented some method of preventing your arbitrage. > How do you choose which group's harm is more important? The one being deprived of the benefits of competition. > And who do you trust to make that analysis? You can make it yourself. Obviously you have to hire someone to actually do the enforcement, but if they come to the same conclusion as you then you know they're doing it right.
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