Monthly fees: Why the hate?


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Whoa, easy mate. I'm not attacking or dissing you (or Blizzard), remember, they were just the example - and this is my opinion. I personally feel that any company is asking too much if they're earning large amounts of profit. That applies to any company.

If Author X writes a book for $1, sells a billion copies, by definition he will not have that billion dollars, as he has costs to be taken out. If he ends up with a million dollars after selling a billion books, he's not a crook - and I support him.

Also, thinking about your analogy, you're off on that point. If I buy a book, I don't have to pay a recurring fee to read it. With online gaming, I generally do.

What i'm saying is, if Company X charges a fee for a game per month (bearing in mind they have already got an initial fee from me for buying the game), and at the end of a year the company has made considerable millions in profit, they're charging too much.

Sure, charge $30/month to start with, but as time goes on, more people subscribe, fees should drop. That would make everyone happy, and Company X still turns a profit.

Not unfair? smile.gif

hehe... I don't take "internet discussions" as personal attacks.

I do, however, get pretty heated over what I consider idiocy.

It makes NO difference if a company gets rich because of recurring or single charges. Or even HOW rich

they get. If Company X gets rich because a billion people bought their product, or because 500,000 people

are continuing to pay for their product, the end result is exactly the same: They're filthy rich.

By your standard, option 1 is ok but option 2 makes them crooks. To me, that's stupid.

On to your next point...

it doesn't matter WHAT a company does. It will NEVER make everyone happy. If they created a

kick-ass product and gave it away people would still whine the product didn't meet their standards.

So even that point is dumb.

The bottom line is that you can't accuse a company, or individual for that matter, of being a criminal

JUST because they make a profit. If you don't support their business model then don't do business

with them. But at no point should we EVER allow the limiting of a business' ability to do business

the way they want just because "it makes them too much money".

EDIT

One more thing. You mentioned books and not paying a recurring fee.

Ok, then EVERYONE is an idiot that has ever purchased a book. I mean, why the hell would

anyone do that when we have libraries? I guess libraries make paying to read irrelevant.

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