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> user hostility can't exist because being a user is a choice User hostility can exist exactly at the level that the market (the users) will bear it. If the pr
by thegrimmest 5y ago
> user hostility can't exist because being a user is a choice
User hostility can exist exactly at the level that the market (the users) will bear it. If the prices for things were 10x, then users would clearly notice and leave. If the prices are 1.3x where x is almost always < $10, the users simply don't give enough of a shite to do anything about it, which is why it's not users that are upset here.
- ClumsyPilot 5y agoHostility to kids can exist exactly at the level that the kids will bear it. If they get beaten 10 times a day, they would clearly run away from home. If they get beaten 0.3 times a day they simply don't give enough of a shite to do anything about it.
- thegrimmest 5y agoYes, but we are not all children, and should be treated as such.
- ClumsyPilot 5y agoThis was meant as a reductuo ad absurdum, not in defence of beating kids.
- thegrimmest 5y agoWell it exactly illustrates the point I'm trying to make, that policing the interactions of free adults (Apple, app developers, consumers) is fundamentally akin to treating them like children, and at odds with the ideas of personal liberty. As long as the interactions are peaceful, it's better to let them sort themselves out.