Fact is, e-books are an outrageous scam, by any measure.
If people are willing to pay for them, how is it a "scam"? It's not like anyone is being tricked -- it's a voluntary exchange of money for a (digital) good between two parties. If I'm willing to pay $10 for a book, why wouldn't I be willing to pay $10 for the ability to read that book in a more convenient (for me) format? Just because the marginal cost of production is low doesn't make me benefit any less from it.
Oops I misclicked so I'm replying to clear my Redundant mod.
I am American and couldn't agree more - the ratio of action to commercials is disturbingly low. It becomes even more apparent when going to a game - every few plays all the players go head to the sidelines and stand around, waiting for commercials to end. If I were a player, that would drive me crazy!
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I remember a time when blizzard wasn't as evil as it is today
Sounds like you forgot about the bnetd fiasco -- that was a good 10 years ago.
Fact is, e-books are an outrageous scam, by any measure.
If people are willing to pay for them, how is it a "scam"? It's not like anyone is being tricked -- it's a voluntary exchange of money for a (digital) good between two parties. If I'm willing to pay $10 for a book, why wouldn't I be willing to pay $10 for the ability to read that book in a more convenient (for me) format? Just because the marginal cost of production is low doesn't make me benefit any less from it.
-Comment about lack of competition
-Comment about poor quality of US bandwidth relative to other countries
What did I miss?
Wow there are a lot of comments in this thread.
April fool!
Dangit. Replying to undo accidental "Redundant" mod=(
Oops I misclicked so I'm replying to clear my Redundant mod. I am American and couldn't agree more - the ratio of action to commercials is disturbingly low. It becomes even more apparent when going to a game - every few plays all the players go head to the sidelines and stand around, waiting for commercials to end. If I were a player, that would drive me crazy!
If you believe correlation implies causation, here's a website you may be interested in: http://www.seanbonner.com/blog/archives/001857.php
We need more pirates!!