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re: Why won't movie studios follow the iTunes model for movies?
Posted on 10/26/12 at 3:58 pm to H-Town Tiger
Posted on 10/26/12 at 3:58 pm to H-Town Tiger
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Last year when Netflix wanted to raise prices people threw a huge hissy fit.
People didn't throw a huge hissy fit, a vocal minority of cheap, attention whoring hipsters threw a hissy fit and NetFlix only lost about 1 out of 24 million subscribers.
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That's why I don't buy (forgive the pun) the notion that people would pay if only they'd make more stuff available and only pirate because the meanies won't sell it to us.
People pay more for this now, it's called cable. Accessing content through something like Roku or a game console isn't all that different from the cable box. If it's a good value that uses mainstream distribution channels (internet and video game consoles) then people will buy it.
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Posted on 10/26/12 at 5:57 pm to Draconian Sanctions
How did I know I was going to click in this and find H-Town knighting for the industry again? 
Maybe the initial downloading/torrenting but I've seen plenty of non-tech savvy people participate by buying bootlegs instead.
Honestly I don't know anybody who hasn't torrented or "stolen" media in some shape or form at this point. It's certainly not a "relatively small" customer base.
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I think it's still a relatively small segment of the customer base that is willing to steal.
Maybe the initial downloading/torrenting but I've seen plenty of non-tech savvy people participate by buying bootlegs instead.
Honestly I don't know anybody who hasn't torrented or "stolen" media in some shape or form at this point. It's certainly not a "relatively small" customer base.
Posted on 10/26/12 at 6:00 pm to H-Town Tiger
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Last year when Netflix wanted to raise prices people threw a huge hissy fit. That's why I don't buy (forgive the pun) the notion that people would pay if only they'd make more stuff available and only pirate because the meanies won't sell it to us.
People complained about Netflix raising prices because they were cutting their product back at the same time. It was a valid complaint.
Considering torrents aren't always reliable in terms of clarity, I don't see why people wouldn't pay more for quality. They do for virtually every other product under the sun.
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