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DawnFalcon · 06-17-2010, 05:09 PM

iTunes? Ha. A casual look at the music sector shows that their recovery is due to non-DRM'ed music as much as anything.

Kindle? eBook sales are DOWN the the last 3 months, a trend which is accelerating. This is directly due to the Agency Cartel, but even before that the Kindle was losing market share.

Hulu and other streaming services actually change rental prices for rental, shocker! So yea, THEY should do fine... although in actuality they are only able to serve the US and when they go pay, I expect they'll have a sub-1% conversion rate.

Your examples are showing that unless you offer DRM'ed content free, you can't attract as many users as a non-DRM service by some way. Nice proof of my point, ty.

06-17-2010, 05:09 PM	#43
DawnFalcon Banned Posts: 2,094 Karma: 2682 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: N/A	iTunes? Ha. A casual look at the music sector shows that their recovery is due to non-DRM'ed music as much as anything. Kindle? eBook sales are DOWN the the last 3 months, a trend which is accelerating. This is directly due to the Agency Cartel, but even before that the Kindle was losing market share. Hulu and other streaming services actually change rental prices for rental, shocker! So yea, THEY should do fine... although in actuality they are only able to serve the US and when they go pay, I expect they'll have a sub-1% conversion rate. Your examples are showing that unless you offer DRM'ed content free, you can't attract as many users as a non-DRM service by some way. Nice proof of my point, ty.