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Quick point of etiquette - not only would I not downvote based on disagreement, it's actually IMPOSSIBLE to do so when the comment in question is in reply to on
by jaysonelliot 16y ago
Quick point of etiquette - not only would I not downvote based on disagreement, it's actually IMPOSSIBLE to do so when the comment in question is in reply to one's own comment. It's a HN feature to avoid the downvote becoming a kneejerk response to back-and-forth discussions.
You use one reviewer's statement that that person prefers an ebook. There's no further explanation as to why (s)he prefers that format, and no data behind it - just a single comment.
I expect that the primary issue is, in fact, what you say - fairness over cost of production. That does not logically lead to your assertion that the two are "same thing delivered in different ways."
- siglesias 16y agoHere's an apt analogy. Let's assume that customers preferred paperback books to hardback books, possibly because paperback books are lighter, take up less shelf space, and are easier to hold in one hand. They are, obviously, less expensive to make. It seems to me almost a given that these same customers complaining would be giving one-star reviews to the publisher for charging more for the paperback version. Under a utility model this wouldn't happen.