Originally Posted by stonetools
Its certainly a convenient theory, but many studies say different and attribute the recording industry decline to piracy and casual sharing in large part.
I wonder who paid for those convenient studies...the recording industry perhaps
Competing formats have been part of the tech industry since consumers had to decide between cylinders vs disks for recorded music. Its part of the innovation process. The current situation is no different from 1900,1950,1980 or 2000.
The phonograph was invented in 1877 and went through different sizes until the mass production of the compact cassette music tapes in 1964, Audio CDs didn’t turn up until 1982.
Yes they required totally different technology but they were also TRUE innovations in the world of music reproduction and took DECADES to come into being.
The idiocy of the competing vcr formats had nothing to do with innovation & more about one company wanting to control the entire market. One format wasn’t truly better than the other, any more than SACD is that much better than DVD-A’s.
All these companies have accomplished is fracturing the market dragging down everything to a crawl while the majority of the consumers sit on the sidelines and let the people who have to jump on the latest and greatest gadget fight it out. When the smoke finally clears and prices come down the rest of us go for it.
Shrug. So what? Borders went out of business with no effect on Borders ebook consumers. It all depends on the existing business arrangements at the time. IN the meantime, the only way you can totally avoid ecosystem lock-in is by not buying anything at all.
Of course Borders readers weren’t hurt since Borders had no ereader of their own and supported the epub standard.
I find plenty to buy since I have no problem being patient and picking the best product for my needs that won’t trap me into to just one company/brand thereby limiting my choices.
Its not idiotic if it protects against losses of sales due to casual sharing , and you can't remove DRM from a book that the author doesn't write because she can't make a living writing books!!!
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