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Originally Posted by DawnFalcon
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.
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iTunes is in recovery because they removed DRM? Really? Where did you get that factoid? iTunes/iPod has a dominant share because of the iPod dominance, no other reason. Same was true 5 years ago as it is today.
Kindle sales are down? Surprise to me. Believe me, any fluctuations in Kindle sales have nothing to do with DRM.
Hulu, other mass-market premium sites, all use DRM. The vast majority of consumers don't even know that. Same with Netflix streaming, BBC (non-US) premium video streaming and on and on and on.
No, I didn't prove your point. You're just projecting your personal views onto a wider user base, but the projection is wrong.
Bottom line - consumers will use DRM. Always have, always will.