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Originally Posted by raac
>Your argument is only correct if sales of P are additive to the sales of N, if sales of N are
>replaced by P profits would decrease if the costs of production would not be shared by N
Quite.
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Except that, right now, sales of P and N are additive, because sales of N are not in any way hindered by sales of P. Publishers just like to claim they are when justifying patently stupid behavior.
At all other times, publishers are happy to admit that sales of P are miniscule and have no real impact.
And since we were talking about /right now/, not some nebulous time in the future, the point stands.