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How many times has this happened, such that it can be called a cycle? There are other possibilities, such as people simply not writing as much anymore, or high
by lotsofpulp 1y ago
How many times has this happened, such that it can be called a cycle?
There are other possibilities, such as people simply not writing as much anymore, or higher quality writers existing the market due to lack of sufficient return.
- al_borland 1y agoIt’s happened to some degree with music, movies, and TV shows.
- blagie 1y agoBad DRM led to Napster led to Netflix lead to a fragmentation of services led to a resurgence of piracy. Similar thing happened with music, only rather than piracy, it landed on legal / free (e.g. Youtube). Youtube is just starting to do the consumer-unfriendly thing (but it's got a long ways to go before piracy comes out competitive). Similar in books. I'll mention: A lot of these are consumer-unfriendly in some ways (e.g. Netflix DRM), but friendly in others. $20/month for all the movies you can watch beats piracy.