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I know the post is like a month old, but the topic came up in a discussion and I couldn’t find a source for the quote and was wondering if you could share a link or something
What about biodegradable plastic?
AFAIK in comparison to the median income the wedding only cost him 18,50$ relatively
Private servers are not always a viable alternative option for players as the protections we put in place to secure players’ data, remove illegal content, and combat unsafe community content would not exist and would leave rights holders liable.
Ah, so by that logic Linus shouldn’t have released Linux as he is liable for all the shit people do with it because it’s apparently impossible to limit liability in the license of software, understood
From the SDK FAQ:
Q: Won't this consumer action result in the end of "live service" games?
A: No, the market demand and profitability of these games means the video games industry has an ongoing interest in selling these. Since our proposals do not interfere with existing business models, these types of games can remain just as profitable, ensuring their survival. The only difference is future ones will need to be designed with an "end of life" build once support finally ends. This is not difficult to have if done from the design phase onward, and any costs to it are far outweighed by potential sales in Australia and / or the EU.
And even considering that, SKG is not writing a law. In the EU, if they go through with this, the law would be written by a group of politicians, lawyers and experts in the industry (including lobbyists from publishers) based on the proposal
The thing with products like games, textbooks, movies etc is that a large part of the cost is the design. This means that while you can make the products cheap and still cover the cost of manufacturing, you won’t make back the money from the design if your margin is very low. This gives manufacturers the ability to sell the same product in differently wealthy markets while still making a profit.
If you now take the product from a cheaper market and sell it to more wealthy consumers at lower price than they usually pay, you aren’t actually selling at a better price because you are providing a better service. You are selling at a better price because you’re breaking the manufacturer’s business model.
This isn’t something that can permanently work because either A: the manufacturer doesn’t get enough money to cover the design, can lead to bankruptcy or change of business model (C), B: through regulations this is prohibited or C: The manufacturer raises the price in the regions your buying from, breaking your business model and screwing over the people who can no longer afford it there.
Of course this depends on the scale you’re acting in, but in theory preventing you from doing so would bring more equality between richer and poorer nations
Nintendo is selling them for cheaper in Southeast Asia because people there have less money. They could sell them for less in the US as well, but people are able to afford the prices there so capitalism dictates that the price is higher. What Amazon and the retailers are doing undercuts this strategy, which in theory means that Nintendo should raise their prices in Southeast Asia to make their business model work, making the games inaccessible to consumers living there. In classic liberalism this is the logical way things should be, in neoliberalism the state should intervene.
The problem with capitalism in a representative democracy is that is almost impossible to maintain a perfectly sized government. If the government asks for too many taxes (on an extreme level) etc the market doesn’t function anymore. The “free market” needs some level of class difference to make profit attractive and keep people committed to their jobs. Because of these differences class conflict is created and through privately owned newspapers, corruption and short term economic gains regulation’s get liberalized. This results in wealth accumulation, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. This then leads to the social and economic conditions that allow for the rise of the populist right.
As a European I can currently see this happening in all countries to which I pay attention (namely Germany, Netherlands and Britain).
Can someone share some insight with us non Americans, how close are you to a civil war? Between the LA protests and this it seems very imminent