absGeekNZ
@absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz
- Comment on Got my Steam Controller guys! Ain't she a beaut 🤩 2 weeks ago:
Whilst pricing everything at “what the market will bear” is valid; it is a shitty way to do business.
Valve has traditionally taken a longer view of things; if they sell a controller that you will love and use for years. Their reputation grows, especially if they are not gouging their customers for everything they can.
Valve will make more than enough by selling games via Steam; having an “optimized for Steam Controller” tag somewhere will keep those who already purchased happy; and drive more sales over the long run.
- Comment on Pebble is officially Pebble again 10 months ago:
New one is supposed to have a 30 day battery life… That is amazing, my OG pebble is only getting 5 days now.
- Comment on The Mobile Browsers That Stick Their Noses Into Your Business 1 year ago:
TOR Browser, based on firefox
- Comment on Jack Dorsey would like to ‘delete all IP law’. 1 year ago:
Free are imagining a world with no IP protection.
- Comment on Jack Dorsey would like to ‘delete all IP law’. 1 year ago:
No. If there is no IP protection, Amazon will just be able to take people’s work.
- Comment on Jack Dorsey would like to ‘delete all IP law’. 1 year ago:
Totally agree, but removal is not a good option.
- Comment on Jack Dorsey would like to ‘delete all IP law’. 1 year ago:
Because Amazon stole it, made a copy available for 1/10 the price.
The marketing power of Amazon is 10’s of thousands of times greater than the original author, so you probably never hear that the book you are interested in has an author that is different from the one Amazon puts on the cover, who is a pen name of their “AI author”.
Note: I think IP law is a bit shit really, but removing any protection from creative works is dangerous, and extremely short sighted. If you don’t want to reward the corporations, learn to pirate…piracy is far more ethical than calling for the removal of IP law.