grumpy_cat@thelemmy.club to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 3 days agoWhy do companies think it's a good idea ?thelemmy.clubimagemessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1436
arrow-up1436imageWhy do companies think it's a good idea ?thelemmy.clubgrumpy_cat@thelemmy.club to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squarecockmushroom@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoBecause they won’t be forced to lower the sale pricenin proportion with the lowered production cost. We sold our futures for magic beans when we decided it was “fair” for a store to charge paying customers extra to cover losses incurred from theft.
minus-squareDdCno1@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoDevelopment costs are much bigger of an issue than production costs. Physical media disappearing changes nothing about this.
minus-squarecockmushroom@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoSince you seem to need someone to spell it out for you: the point is that they’re doing it because they won’t be charging any less. And you’re almost right; devopment costs don’t affect production costs very much at all.
Because they won’t be forced to lower the sale pricenin proportion with the lowered production cost.
We sold our futures for magic beans when we decided it was “fair” for a store to charge paying customers extra to cover losses incurred from theft.
Development costs are much bigger of an issue than production costs. Physical media disappearing changes nothing about this.
Since you seem to need someone to spell it out for you: the point is that they’re doing it because they won’t be charging any less. And you’re almost right; devopment costs don’t affect production costs very much at all.