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Originally Posted by latepaul
OK, here's an interesting way to think about the issue.
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Which means for most people the deal is reasonable. Or can certainly be made reasonable at the right price.
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Of course this is true.
Something that fall into this category (for me) are all smartphone apps and games I have; most are free, some I've paid between $0.1 and $1 for, and I don't care one whit what happens with them. Also, I don't have a lot of them. They serve their purpose: provide me some entertainment if I get stuck waiting somewhere unexpectedly, and I don't have anything to do. (I don't *always* have my reader with me.)
I'd switch phone platforms without a second thought if I see a need to do so.
The most important app in this respect is DroidFish (Stockfish chess engine port for Android), but I'm sure there's a decent chess app on any platform. I don't care if it's Stockfish (Android, iOS), PortFish (Stockfish on WinPhone/RT), Shredder, Chess Genius or PocketFritz as long as it has a somewhat decent GUI and adjustable strength.
Books, movies, and computer games are not in this category. With those, it's just a question of principle. I paid for it, I want control over it, without being dependent on the seller or manufacturer. If I can't, I don't want it.
It doesn't matter to me if the book, movie, game or software cost $100, $10, or even $1.