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Originally Posted by Harmon
Demanding things of consumers is precisely the problem. The only thing a seller should demand of a consumer is payment. Any additional demand reduces sales.
In the digital world, things happen immediately. That is the normal condition. It is a mistake to say that expecting things to happen immediately is somehow the result of the user's sense of entitlement.
What I'm saying is that if it's raining outside, it's wet. It's not wet because I've decided to go outside.
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Entitlement is in pretending that only the digital world matters because there are people who prefer spending time there. If it's raining outside you can deal with the inconvenience and go outside OR you can stay inside and WAIT for it to stop raining. Going outside and complaining that it's raining and demanding that the rain stop right away because you're inconvenienced is precisely where entitlement comes in.
If a movie is in theaters it will be available digitally soon. Until then you're free to pay a premium by seeing it now. Ideal? Maybe not, but in the grand scheme of things not much of an inconvenience at all. Go watch the tons of stuff you can see right away on Netflix.