Well and the bits and bytes of the MP3 are only just bits and bytes and can't be stolen as well.
But it's the content! And that *is* stolen in the vast majority of MP3's, so GroovBird is right.
What was the other example of freebies? Ah, MS Office software... Hmm, how exactly is office software free right now? Exactly - when it is stolen too.
So what BaconBoy99 says is: People are used to stealing MP3 songs and stealing MS Word, so they won't go for a subscription model.
Right - for all those people who steal software anyway. For corporate users the subscription model makes perfect sense.
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Nah, we can do that!
Although, these challenges do sound a little dry, don't they?
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Well and the bits and bytes of the MP3 are only just bits and bytes and can't be stolen as well. But it's the content! And that *is* stolen in the vast majority of MP3's, so GroovBird is right. What was the other example of freebies? Ah, MS Office software... Hmm, how exactly is office software free right now? Exactly - when it is stolen too. So what BaconBoy99 says is: People are used to stealing MP3 songs and stealing MS Word, so they won't go for a subscription model. Right - for all those people who steal software anyway. For corporate users the subscription model makes perfect sense.