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Originally Posted by Sgt.Stubby
It's not conspiracy. It's "capitalism".
Not convinced? Suppose you buy a standard red-book CD, COTS. Over the years it gets scratched up.. no longer plays correctly. Why can't you just exchange your damaged copy for a new one, paying only the 17 cent cost of material? Capitalism. They already have the right to charge you full retail price (secured by an artificial manipulation of pure capitalism called "copyright"), and they can charge you multiple times over, so where's the business interest in being fair? As soon as a CEO tries to be fair to consumers, he's sackable for not working in the shareholders interest.
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Oh. Em. Gee. You're right. That is really unfair.
And on that note, I want Toyota to replace my car for the cost of the materials too (stupid cars die after only a decade or so, mus be an evil capitalist plot), oh yeah and my house got hit by a tree, so I deserve a replacement house too... don't even get me started on the average garment which only lasts a year before FALLING APART...
Damn capitalists and their evil manipulations...
(Just for the record, in case anyone wasn't sure -- no I am not serious.)