It's true-- DVDs have lots of extras, etc.-- i.e. incentives -- to make you want to buy them.
There's pretty much no real incentive right now to plunk down so much money for a shoddy RIAA-approved product, when you can get better stuff for free or used.
Especially when so much of the cost goes toward supporting an entrenched, bloated, and backwards-thinking dinosaur of an industry.
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Good point. If anything, you might say that the RIAA is actually trying to win goodwill from paying customers, protecting their interests, etc...
It's true-- DVDs have lots of extras, etc.-- i.e. incentives -- to make you want to buy them. There's pretty much no real incentive right now to plunk down so much money for a shoddy RIAA-approved product, when you can get better stuff for free or used. Especially when so much of the cost goes toward supporting an entrenched, bloated, and backwards-thinking dinosaur of an industry.