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Disney Close To Unveiling New "DVD Killer"
Uncle Rummy writes "The Wall Street Journal reports that Disney is close to releasing a new system that will sell permanent, multi-device access to digital media. The system, dubbed Keychest, is being positioned as an answer to consumer concerns about purchasing digital media that are locked to a small number of devices, and thus as a way to finally shift media sales from an ownership model to an access model. They claim that such a service would reduce the risk of losing access to content as a result of a single vendor going out of business, as purchased content would remain available from other vendors. However, they do not seem to have addressed the question of what happens to customers' access to purchased content if the Keychest service itself is discontinued."
and nothing of value was lost.
Really I do not care for the company, their products, and ABC which they own.
This doesn't effect me.
You also have to check the product page to make sure you are getting a mostly-DRM-free product
Mostly DRM free, you say? That reminds me of how they used to use de-cocanised coca leaves in Coca Cola.
"Don't worry! It's safe! 95% of the cocaine has been taken out! You're only getting 5% per bottle!"
Another creative use of that argument is for light filtered cigarettes. If they only have 25% of the tar, hopefully they'll take four times as long to kill you.
Then you try and rationalize it by saying everyone else is less intelligent than you are.
Not everyone else. Just people who use things like Steam.
Steam also has a lot of weekend sales. Valve's games are probably worth more hours-per-dollar than any other digital entertainment product I've seen in years.
Well, in that case, you're right. That completely invalidates my argument. We all know that the moral/sociological desirability of something is directly proportional to the amount of money it makes. As we all know, what's good for corporations, can only be good for the rest of us.
The crowd has spoken with their wallets.
"Over 9000 other lemmings have gone over the cliff! It was good enough for them! Who are you to question their wisdom?"
I've noticed that of all the logical fallacies that get thrown around on here, the argumentum ad populum is still, by far, the reigning favourite. It makes sense, though; it's just such a completely airtight argument. I mean, after all, the majority always know exactly the right thing to do, don't they? The one strategy that never fails is following the herd!