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You reckon? I think there is quite a large market of people who are 1) totally price insensitive up to say $100/yr and 2) could not give a shit about copyright,

by enko 15y ago

You reckon? I think there is quite a large market of people who are 1) totally price insensitive up to say $100/yr and 2) could not give a shit about copyright, they just want to be able to share things they like with friends. PS. Can I ask you to stop using country-specific slang like "a wee bit" on HN?

chc 15y ago
A business model based around people who have difficulty agreeing to pay more than eight bucks a month for something is probably not a hugely profitable proposition. And as Patrick said, people who "could not give a shit about copyright" by definition will not have any qualms about flat-out stealing your product if they get half a chance. Such a high-risk market tends to drive prices up, which will just drive copyright infringers to try harder to steal your product. And it's not really relevant, but since it's probably the part you're getting downvoted for, I figure I should explain: Your objection to "a wee bit" seems really weird. It's not particularly region-specific anymore — my mom from Mississippi uses it — and even if it were, it's not hard to grasp the meaning. I can't think of any good reason to avoid it.
- 27182818284 15y ago
  Netflix proved this idea incorrect. People pay for movie access they could still torrent because of the access and peace of mind. As for the parent above, if an easy USB-USB device that was easy and existed, I'd buy it. It isn't just movies anymore, it is also about giving grandma the HD video of her granddaughter's dance recital as easy and quickly as possible.
  - chc 15y ago
    As far as I know, Netflix didn't primarily target serial copyright infringers or the destitute. Most of the Netflix early adopters I knew were reasonably well off middle-class film aficionados, and movie piracy over the Internet was not very common in those days (as the majority of the country was still on 56-kilobaud modems and even pirating music was a time-consuming task).
- enko 15y ago
  A business model around people paying $8/m seems like paradise to me. Well, I guess using "wee" is more common than I thought, however I would still prefer to stick to standard english whereever possible.

by enko 15y ago

chc 15y ago

A business model based around people who have difficulty agreeing to pay more than eight bucks a month for something is probably not a hugely profitable proposition. And as Patrick said, people who "could not give a shit about copyright" by definition will not have any qualms about flat-out stealing your product if they get half a chance. Such a high-risk market tends to drive prices up, which will just drive copyright infringers to try harder to steal your product. And it's not really relevant, but since it's probably the part you're getting downvoted for, I figure I should explain: Your objection to "a wee bit" seems really weird. It's not particularly region-specific anymore — my mom from Mississippi uses it — and even if it were, it's not hard to grasp the meaning. I can't think of any good reason to avoid it.

27182818284 15y ago
Netflix proved this idea incorrect. People pay for movie access they could still torrent because of the access and peace of mind. As for the parent above, if an easy USB-USB device that was easy and existed, I'd buy it. It isn't just movies anymore, it is also about giving grandma the HD video of her granddaughter's dance recital as easy and quickly as possible.
- chc 15y ago
  As far as I know, Netflix didn't primarily target serial copyright infringers or the destitute. Most of the Netflix early adopters I knew were reasonably well off middle-class film aficionados, and movie piracy over the Internet was not very common in those days (as the majority of the country was still on 56-kilobaud modems and even pirating music was a time-consuming task).
enko 15y ago
A business model around people paying $8/m seems like paradise to me. Well, I guess using "wee" is more common than I thought, however I would still prefer to stick to standard english whereever possible.