0) You set your app's Amazon app store list price. It cannot be any higher than the lowest list price of the same app anywhere else.
1) Amazon will pay you the greater of either 70% of the sale price or 20% of the list price.
2) Amazon can sell your game at a discounted price (even free) anytime it wants.
This is a double-edged sword. While the ideal scenario is that Amazon sells your app deeply discounted, or for free (thus getting you tons of downloads, and Amazon basically gifting you 20% of the list price per download), the huge downside is that you simply cannot provide your own discount in any other market, or else your Amazon list price must drop permanently to that discounted price.
He notes that Hulu won't work at all, even with flash installed
Unfortunately, this video is not available on your platform. We apologize for any inconvenience.
This, however, is probably Hulu's fault, and not Flash's. Hulu intentionally makes the video unavailable for the platform, either for DRM/money reasons or for simply not wanting to support/test that platform.
Are science fiction TV shows and movies overusing death as a plot device?
Yes.
do any of us believe that a dead character is really dead any more?
No.
That said, LoTR doesn't count, because the book was written 60 years ago. And Dr Who doesn't count because, well, anything goes when you've got Dr Who on the job.
That's not true, it also gives the executives the semblance of doing something about piracy so they don't have to spend all that time trying to fix an outdated business model.
As against DRM as I am, I simply have to say (unless my sarcasm detector is broken) this is extremely naive. I'll just give you a game client with all of the bonus items and missions at your fingertips, but I'm trusting you not to use them until you pay the premium membership fee! Right...
For me, there are enough other games typically that I'll just pass and go buy something else.
This. Honestly, DRM is uber-irritating, but piracy isn't the only way to show your displeasure (in fact, it's more convincing that you simply refuse to play an excessively DRMed game).
"here's a copy of it, please don't copy it again and give it away" form, which basically stopped working over 10 years ago.
Indeed. Contrast:
Scenario 1: I'm living in the 1700s. I have a book and I want my friend to read it. I can either 1) make a hand-written copy of the book and give it to my friend, or 2) let him borrow the book. #2 is obviously easier.
Scenario 2: I'm living in 2011. I have an ebook on my computer and I want my friend to read it. I can either 1) make a digital copy of the ebook and give it to my friend, or 2) let him borrow my computer. #1 is obviously easier.
Both these scenarios exclude either 3) telling him to buy it himself, or 4) telling him to get it at the library. Libraries don't seem to "lend" ebooks yet; that would be interesting...
...anyways, the point is, it's a different world now than it was before.
Google has granted these piracy sites a licence to share... It undermines investment in the very controlling monopolistic industries that have become such an important part of our MAFIAA's prosperity, and enslave hundreds of thousands of people.
Encryption! Even the most basic form of encryption -- writing in a secret language -- solves this problem. Don't drink the coolaid; remember to drink your ovaltine!
No sir! This is not faith. If I assume that my post will appear, it is based on a proper scientific understanding of the technology behind it. Networking, computer science and the lot. You need to seriously reconsider your worldview.
And you know this because you've carefully studied the ones and zeroes that are whizzing about on the/. servers and have come to this scientific conclusion? GP's point (and TFA's?) is that you yourself have not performed the studies necessary to be entirely confident. There is some level of trust/faith that you have placed in the/. admins, as well as computer and router manufacturers, internet architects, etc.
Plus...this is slashdot. A very small percentage of internet users posting comments are at all aware of the technology stack underneath it. What about them?
When you can get the best of both worlds? gnome-do. I just type meta+space "te" return and I'm in the terminal. meta+space "ch" return gets me into Chrome. For more obscure programs, the visual feedback is nice, but the intuitiveness of typing is also very nice.
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0) You set your app's Amazon app store list price. It cannot be any higher than the lowest list price of the same app anywhere else.
1) Amazon will pay you the greater of either 70% of the sale price or 20% of the list price.
2) Amazon can sell your game at a discounted price (even free) anytime it wants.
This is a double-edged sword. While the ideal scenario is that Amazon sells your app deeply discounted, or for free (thus getting you tons of downloads, and Amazon basically gifting you 20% of the list price per download), the huge downside is that you simply cannot provide your own discount in any other market, or else your Amazon list price must drop permanently to that discounted price.
Don't be silly. Of course beer is available in the US.
Unfortunately, this video is not available on your platform. We apologize for any inconvenience.
This, however, is probably Hulu's fault, and not Flash's. Hulu intentionally makes the video unavailable for the platform, either for DRM/money reasons or for simply not wanting to support/test that platform.
This. I *hate* when ctrl+w doesn't close the current tab because flash is in control.
would you let anyone in the world borrow your car? Your house?
Don't worry. All I'm going to do is place these fun "punch the monkey" games on your windshield and windows.
Platform as a service? I'll paas.
Time magazine...I see what's going on here.
That's why I never go outside. And when I stay inside, I insist on strobe lighting.
I know, exactly how you feel. The outside world is just too much like a cheap soap opera.
I'll sell you a private download for only $2! (joke)
Are science fiction TV shows and movies overusing death as a plot device?
Yes.
do any of us believe that a dead character is really dead any more?
No.
That said, LoTR doesn't count, because the book was written 60 years ago. And Dr Who doesn't count because, well, anything goes when you've got Dr Who on the job.
That's not true, it also gives the executives the semblance of doing something about piracy so they don't have to spend all that time trying to fix an outdated business model.
And the new profitable business model is...?
As against DRM as I am, I simply have to say (unless my sarcasm detector is broken) this is extremely naive. I'll just give you a game client with all of the bonus items and missions at your fingertips, but I'm trusting you not to use them until you pay the premium membership fee! Right...
For me, there are enough other games typically that I'll just pass and go buy something else.
This. Honestly, DRM is uber-irritating, but piracy isn't the only way to show your displeasure (in fact, it's more convincing that you simply refuse to play an excessively DRMed game).
for people that didn't actually do any of the actual *work*. The Winklevi are like the ultimate PHBs, but worse.
"here's a copy of it, please don't copy it again and give it away" form, which basically stopped working over 10 years ago.
Indeed. Contrast:
Scenario 1: I'm living in the 1700s. I have a book and I want my friend to read it. I can either 1) make a hand-written copy of the book and give it to my friend, or 2) let him borrow the book. #2 is obviously easier.
Scenario 2: I'm living in 2011. I have an ebook on my computer and I want my friend to read it. I can either 1) make a digital copy of the ebook and give it to my friend, or 2) let him borrow my computer. #1 is obviously easier.
Both these scenarios exclude either 3) telling him to buy it himself, or 4) telling him to get it at the library. Libraries don't seem to "lend" ebooks yet; that would be interesting...
...anyways, the point is, it's a different world now than it was before.
Perhaps, or is that not different then hording money in your matress?
Except today's hard drives are (figuratively) very, very large mattresses.
Google has granted these piracy sites a licence to share... It undermines investment in the very controlling monopolistic industries that have become such an important part of our MAFIAA's prosperity, and enslave hundreds of thousands of people.
Encryption! Even the most basic form of encryption -- writing in a secret language -- solves this problem. Don't drink the coolaid; remember to drink your ovaltine!
No sir! This is not faith. If I assume that my post will appear, it is based on a proper scientific understanding of the technology behind it. Networking, computer science and the lot. You need to seriously reconsider your worldview.
And you know this because you've carefully studied the ones and zeroes that are whizzing about on the /. servers and have come to this scientific conclusion? GP's point (and TFA's?) is that you yourself have not performed the studies necessary to be entirely confident. There is some level of trust/faith that you have placed in the /. admins, as well as computer and router manufacturers, internet architects, etc.
Plus...this is slashdot. A very small percentage of internet users posting comments are at all aware of the technology stack underneath it. What about them?
Chapter and verse, please.
...but don't forget your expensive smartphone.
And Martin Luther wrote the open source version.
More like Tyndale reverse engineered it from assembly (Latin) and open sourced it.
I bet it's more profitable to translate from PHB to Java.
When you can get the best of both worlds? gnome-do. I just type meta+space "te" return and I'm in the terminal. meta+space "ch" return gets me into Chrome. For more obscure programs, the visual feedback is nice, but the intuitiveness of typing is also very nice.
I get far more from VS then either emacs or Vi provide.
Such as?