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Scarcity is still there..even with digital content. Can anyone create Adobe Photoshop with a few mouse clicks (not a digital copy, but an original)? If not, t

by rick888 16y ago

Scarcity is still there..even with digital content. Can anyone create Adobe Photoshop with a few mouse clicks (not a digital copy, but an original)? If not, then there is a scarcity: in the talent that creates such content. Sure, anyone with a computer can start a blog..but only the people with quality, original, content will get continue to get the traffic. What's changed is people's mindsets..which I predicted would happen back in '99. Piracy advocates claim there is no direct correlation between piracy and loss sales. This may be the case on a 1-1 case, but in the long-run, if you do nothing about pirated content, the value in people's minds slowly starts to approach $0. This is because all digital content is just like currency: it's value is only what people think it's worth. If know you can easily download something for free, why bother paying for it? This is why I no longer write applications, only services. Any apps that I release are directly tied to a monthly service and are useless without it.

kmgroove 16y ago
Do people really think the value of something is 0$ just because they can get it for free? That is cost. The cost of me watching the latest blockbuster on my computer may be 0$ but I don't honestly believe it's value is 0$. You are right in saying that value is only what people think it's worth but I don't think people who pirate actually believe the content is worth nothing. The real mindset people have is if cost < value then screw value all together. This has always been the case. Cost is becoming less of an issue online though, with simpler payments, content priced appropriately, and an increased "lock you out" if you try to get stuff for free.
yuhong 16y ago
"Scarcity is still there..even with digital content. Can anyone create Adobe Photoshop with a few mouse clicks (not a digital copy, but an original)? If not, then there is a scarcity: in the talent that creates such content." Yea, I know. I bet it is a fundamental flaw.

by rick888 16y ago

kmgroove 16y ago

Do people really think the value of something is 0$ just because they can get it for free? That is cost. The cost of me watching the latest blockbuster on my computer may be 0$ but I don't honestly believe it's value is 0$. You are right in saying that value is only what people think it's worth but I don't think people who pirate actually believe the content is worth nothing. The real mindset people have is if cost < value then screw value all together. This has always been the case. Cost is becoming less of an issue online though, with simpler payments, content priced appropriately, and an increased "lock you out" if you try to get stuff for free.

yuhong 16y ago

"Scarcity is still there..even with digital content. Can anyone create Adobe Photoshop with a few mouse clicks (not a digital copy, but an original)? If not, then there is a scarcity: in the talent that creates such content." Yea, I know. I bet it is a fundamental flaw.