Monopolies that grow based on actually being the best at what they do eventually fail (see long list of companies who used to be the #1 in their field by a LONG shot and are now either has-beens or are out of business). Monopolies put in by the government cannot fail because the government won't let any competition exist to cause them to fail.
Why is it OK for me to have my regular insurance and carry four friends in the car who give me money for gas, yet suddenly I need more insurance if there are four people riding in my car and paying me but I just met them?
yearly safety inspections
Again, why do 99.9% of the cars on the road not need yearly expenses, but if I want to have other people ride with me that aren't friends / family members, suddenly my car needs a yearly inspection?
minimum age of 21
Because college students shouldn't make money, they should be racking up more debt.
and a license fee for the privilege of this oversight
You want to tell the person trying to earn a living that they have to pay for a bunch of pointless shit, then you want to make them pay for the PRIVILEGE of paying for that pointless shit? Yup, you're a politician alright.
How did they do anything to "support the mod community"? As for the tools? They had to make them so that they could make the game - that was a sunk cost and it cost them nothing to bundle it with the game when they sold it to customers (or if they did place a value on it, they were already paid when people bought the game).
Except Bethesda had to create the framework to sell the base game. They didn't make those tools to "generously give away", they had to make them so that they themselves could create regions / characters / items / etc. I'm remembering why I rarely go on Slashdot anymore, it's filled with incompetent people who lack even the most basic thinking / reasoning skills.
That's a load of crap. Dental insurance (even without an employer plan) is incredibly cheap and covers a thorough cleaning every six months. If you skip the cleanings (which you won't be charged extra for, just the usual monthly insurance payment) then yes, you'll need to get expensive procedures done - but that's your own damn fault for skipping preventative maintenance that wouldn't cost you anything extra.
and our daughter has orthodontic treatment without charge
I have to be "that guy". You were charged - and quite a bit for it, they just didn't hand you a bill after you received the service. When you factor in all taxes (VAT, fuel tax, TV tax, income tax, NHS tax, etc) even the lowest tax bracket in the UK is paying roughly 50% of their income in taxes.
And they were paid for their previous projects - when they sold the goddamn games. If no one made or sold a mod, they'd still have their hundreds of millions of dollars to make Fallout 4. Why is this so hard for you to grasp? They're not hard up for money at all, they just got greedy.
If you think women don't prioritize emotions when making decisions, you're dead wrong. Emotions are inherently irrational, thus those who primarily use emotions to make decisions are irrational.
Which they were paid for when you bought the damn game. They did 0% of the work in making the mod and as such, even a 10% cut for the sake of "IP licensing" (used loosely) is being generous. The person doing all of the work should not be getting the smallest portion of the revenue.
There's one major flaw to having paid mods though, even if you solve the issues of theft / revenue distribution / quality / ongoing support / refunds. Mods very frequently are built off of other mods and have built-in dependencies. Mod X will not work without Mod Y installed. The problem that is that, regardless of if Mod X is free or paid, users who want to use it are forced to buy Mod Y. Short of the person designing Mod X just copying the code from Mod Y and giving it away for free (which defeats the whole paid model), I can't think of any way to solve that problem. Can you?
Yet, in just one day, a popular mod developer made more on the Skyrim paid workshop than he made in all the years he asked for donations.
Because it's EASY to pay through Steam, you already have an account and your credit card info stored. Most people don't want to deal with the hassles of creating yet another goddamn account and dealing with another login. Steam could implement a "donation" system that people would be much more likely to use it since there's no extra effort or time involved.
This isn't going to be a politically correct statement, but it's a true one - if you want more girls to go into things like engineering, you need to kill the societal norm that a pretty girl doesn't need to work and can get a man to pay for everything. Even incredibly smart girls who are attractive know that they don't need to put out the effort to think or work hard because they can use their looks to marry a guy with a good career and use his money instead. Kill that form of "welfare" and they'll be more willing to go into fields that require hard work but give high rewards.
Well, we found the guy who's never been romantically involved with a woman. Get a girlfriend, then come back to us in a year and see if you still support that statement.
Except there's no need to increase the number of male teachers, women should dominate every profession because women are superior in every way. At least that's what these idiots actually believe...
That's because the elderly suffered much more stringent brainwashing as children that leads them to say that they "support those who fight for our freedom" while also promoting a police state worse than Orwells worst nightmare. The younger crowd grew up with much more access to information and see the police state for what it is and do not have the blind worship of government that the elderly do.
Don't confuse being raised going to church with actually believing that bullshit. Very few people actually believe in an invisible friend with magical powers.
See, that's the problem....EVERYONE wants a piece of the streaming pie, but people aren't going to pay $100+ a month for every streaming service. They WILL have to pair up and we'll probably end up with 3-4 main services for probably around $10-$15 per month, per service.
I'm sorry that you don't have an attention span, but how does that mean Netflix's model is bad? If you don't want to watch more than one episode a month, you're free to do that. For the people that enjoy the show and want to watch it all, they get to do that. Literally EVERYONE wins.
There's no question about it, the prices for goods will increase. Even if that weren't the case, their income relative to the minimum wage is being cut by almost a factor of 5 (from almost 10x the minimum wage to only a little over 2x the minimum wage).
Slightly over twice the minimum wage is a far cry from the almost 10 times the minimum wage. If you honestly don't think that prices at stores / restaurants will increase to reflect that higher minimum wage, you know nothing about economics. So in reality, their $70k will become worth far less than it is now.
This also only works because it's a very small company (roughly 70 employees). The more employees the company has, the smaller of an impact a move like this has for each employee. A large company like Walmart or Microsoft doing this would result in an insignificant difference to each employee's paycheck.
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Monopolies that grow based on actually being the best at what they do eventually fail (see long list of companies who used to be the #1 in their field by a LONG shot and are now either has-beens or are out of business). Monopolies put in by the government cannot fail because the government won't let any competition exist to cause them to fail.
sufficient insurance for commercial purposes
Why is it OK for me to have my regular insurance and carry four friends in the car who give me money for gas, yet suddenly I need more insurance if there are four people riding in my car and paying me but I just met them?
yearly safety inspections
Again, why do 99.9% of the cars on the road not need yearly expenses, but if I want to have other people ride with me that aren't friends / family members, suddenly my car needs a yearly inspection?
minimum age of 21
Because college students shouldn't make money, they should be racking up more debt.
and a license fee for the privilege of this oversight
You want to tell the person trying to earn a living that they have to pay for a bunch of pointless shit, then you want to make them pay for the PRIVILEGE of paying for that pointless shit? Yup, you're a politician alright.
How did they do anything to "support the mod community"? As for the tools? They had to make them so that they could make the game - that was a sunk cost and it cost them nothing to bundle it with the game when they sold it to customers (or if they did place a value on it, they were already paid when people bought the game).
Except Bethesda had to create the framework to sell the base game. They didn't make those tools to "generously give away", they had to make them so that they themselves could create regions / characters / items / etc. I'm remembering why I rarely go on Slashdot anymore, it's filled with incompetent people who lack even the most basic thinking / reasoning skills.
That's a load of crap. Dental insurance (even without an employer plan) is incredibly cheap and covers a thorough cleaning every six months. If you skip the cleanings (which you won't be charged extra for, just the usual monthly insurance payment) then yes, you'll need to get expensive procedures done - but that's your own damn fault for skipping preventative maintenance that wouldn't cost you anything extra.
and our daughter has orthodontic treatment without charge
I have to be "that guy". You were charged - and quite a bit for it, they just didn't hand you a bill after you received the service. When you factor in all taxes (VAT, fuel tax, TV tax, income tax, NHS tax, etc) even the lowest tax bracket in the UK is paying roughly 50% of their income in taxes.
And they were paid for their previous projects - when they sold the goddamn games. If no one made or sold a mod, they'd still have their hundreds of millions of dollars to make Fallout 4. Why is this so hard for you to grasp? They're not hard up for money at all, they just got greedy.
If you think women don't prioritize emotions when making decisions, you're dead wrong. Emotions are inherently irrational, thus those who primarily use emotions to make decisions are irrational.
Yes, and they'll be paid for those new games when they're released and users buy them. Derp.
Which they were paid for when you bought the damn game. They did 0% of the work in making the mod and as such, even a 10% cut for the sake of "IP licensing" (used loosely) is being generous. The person doing all of the work should not be getting the smallest portion of the revenue.
There's one major flaw to having paid mods though, even if you solve the issues of theft / revenue distribution / quality / ongoing support / refunds. Mods very frequently are built off of other mods and have built-in dependencies. Mod X will not work without Mod Y installed. The problem that is that, regardless of if Mod X is free or paid, users who want to use it are forced to buy Mod Y. Short of the person designing Mod X just copying the code from Mod Y and giving it away for free (which defeats the whole paid model), I can't think of any way to solve that problem. Can you?
Yet, in just one day, a popular mod developer made more on the Skyrim paid workshop than he made in all the years he asked for donations.
Because it's EASY to pay through Steam, you already have an account and your credit card info stored. Most people don't want to deal with the hassles of creating yet another goddamn account and dealing with another login. Steam could implement a "donation" system that people would be much more likely to use it since there's no extra effort or time involved.
This isn't going to be a politically correct statement, but it's a true one - if you want more girls to go into things like engineering, you need to kill the societal norm that a pretty girl doesn't need to work and can get a man to pay for everything. Even incredibly smart girls who are attractive know that they don't need to put out the effort to think or work hard because they can use their looks to marry a guy with a good career and use his money instead. Kill that form of "welfare" and they'll be more willing to go into fields that require hard work but give high rewards.
Women aren't that irrational
Well, we found the guy who's never been romantically involved with a woman. Get a girlfriend, then come back to us in a year and see if you still support that statement.
Which means those MEN are also doing something which they consider to be a societal good.
Or they just took it for an easy job / they didn't have other career options.
Except there's no need to increase the number of male teachers, women should dominate every profession because women are superior in every way. At least that's what these idiots actually believe...
And when has a government used increased power over it's citizens for good? Any government in history will do.
That's because the elderly suffered much more stringent brainwashing as children that leads them to say that they "support those who fight for our freedom" while also promoting a police state worse than Orwells worst nightmare. The younger crowd grew up with much more access to information and see the police state for what it is and do not have the blind worship of government that the elderly do.
Your saying 247 million Americans don't matter
Don't confuse being raised going to church with actually believing that bullshit. Very few people actually believe in an invisible friend with magical powers.
See, that's the problem....EVERYONE wants a piece of the streaming pie, but people aren't going to pay $100+ a month for every streaming service. They WILL have to pair up and we'll probably end up with 3-4 main services for probably around $10-$15 per month, per service.
I'm sorry that you don't have an attention span, but how does that mean Netflix's model is bad? If you don't want to watch more than one episode a month, you're free to do that. For the people that enjoy the show and want to watch it all, they get to do that. Literally EVERYONE wins.
There's no question about it, the prices for goods will increase. Even if that weren't the case, their income relative to the minimum wage is being cut by almost a factor of 5 (from almost 10x the minimum wage to only a little over 2x the minimum wage).
Slightly over twice the minimum wage is a far cry from the almost 10 times the minimum wage. If you honestly don't think that prices at stores / restaurants will increase to reflect that higher minimum wage, you know nothing about economics. So in reality, their $70k will become worth far less than it is now.
Once Seattle's minimum wage goes up to $15, $70k won't be that great of a salary!
This also only works because it's a very small company (roughly 70 employees). The more employees the company has, the smaller of an impact a move like this has for each employee. A large company like Walmart or Microsoft doing this would result in an insignificant difference to each employee's paycheck.