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Originally Posted by braver
It's illuminating that a significant chunk would not want the gifts of Troy! On the contrary, PKFFW, I'm grateful to the responders that they provided a completely different collective gestalt than one might expect.
The meaning of this groupthink remains to be thoroughly understood. Now I see that marketing is not all BS -- here's a puzzle for sociologists!
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Why do you find it so "illuminating" that most simply realise that the idea isn't going to happen and therefore why bother fighting for it?
I know you don't like analogies and examples from the past(they tend to show your argument for what it is which is nothing more than wishful thinking) but as has been pointed out, and this is a completely comparable situation, when you buy a CD you don't get free digital downloads of all the songs do you?
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Originally Posted by braver
Of course we do have a right to demand! The publishers have a right to disregard our demands. The crux of the argument is whether you want to demand or not. If enough folks demand it, it may happen, and if more publishers provide digital upgrade, they will win. So if you demand it, you'll speed up progress and will be on the side of the universal Good! Don't you want to be on the winning side and speed up progress?
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We also have the right to demand they give all their product to us for free. So why not go for gold?
Maybe because you know it aint going to happen?
Oh and if you disagree with demanding it for free, then I can condescendingly imply you are a mug sheep led by the evils of marketing and ponder why you wouldn't want the "gifts of troy"!
Cheers,
PKFFW