Now-free scheme like in Apple AppStore would certainly diminish the piracy scale - it's a great think and I think it should be available for devs. -- Marcin
2013/11/8 Attila Csipa <q...@csipa.in.rs> > On 07-Nov-13 13:42, Michal Jerz wrote: > >> So it's like with door locks. Despite none of them being 100% proof to >> unauthorized opening, somehow people continue to use them in their doors >> rather than just having doors without any locks only because they're not >> 100% secure. They at least REDUCE abuse. >> > > Without serious research, I will contest that as wishful thinking. Some > people will argue that the monetary outcome of piracy is actually POSITIVE, > because the benefit of the larger userbase outweighs the > (questionable-sized) drop in "legal" sales (would all those who would take > a free beer maybe rather NOT have a beer than PAY for it?). The effect of > torrents on Netflix and the TV/movie industry holds a LOT of learnings in > this area. > > Personally, I think copy-protection schemes have nothing to do with piracy > or those who pirate. They are actually born out of the need to be able to > project a message to developers that their work is somehow safe(r) and > (more) protected - playing on the positive sense of control (even if it > actually is detrimental to the business-perspective). > > If existing stores are anything to go by, the *ease* of how easily one can > legally get to your content (at the micro-pricing levels) will, in effect, > dwarf the impact of any DRM scheme. > > Best regards, > Attila > > > _______________________________________________ > SailfishOS.org Devel mailing list >
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