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Pride
Feb 17, 2013 20:09:15 GMT
Post by Admin on Feb 17, 2013 20:09:15 GMT
I have a Louis Vuitton coat, dress, shoes, handbag, mobile phone cover, suitcase, pen yadda yadda yadda, you are ALL BENEATH me! Bow, when you approach me!
Is the company using entrapment to convert us into their proud cult by providing accessories that can only be used by 'their' products? Do you feel taken advantage of, with a touch of, “Oh, I fell for it, yet again!”? Did ‘cool’ logo pride come before the fall?
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Post by mooms on Feb 22, 2013 12:45:19 GMT
There is this particular smartphone manufacturer.... *cough*
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Pride
Feb 22, 2013 14:03:10 GMT
Post by Admin on Feb 22, 2013 14:03:10 GMT
The fruity one? Do tell. *sits comfortably*
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pattypan
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Post by pattypan on Feb 23, 2013 21:46:31 GMT
There are a couple of fruity ones actually!
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Post by mooms on Mar 1, 2013 15:07:52 GMT
I have a gaming example. This article explains more: www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/09/05/ubisoft-scrapping-always-on-drm-for-pc-games/Basically the developer started to introduce a new anti-piracy measure in their games. You had to be connected to the internet all the time, even for single-player games. If the connection dropped, tough luck. Couldn't play it even if you had it installed on your computer with a physical dvd. Gamers protested massively, the developer said there wont be any problems. What happened was that at any major title release, the developer's servers melted from all the traffic and people who purchased their game at the release date couldn't use it for another week or more due to server issues. Mind you, these weren't MMOs, just regular single player games. But you know who could still play those games? People with pirated versions. So the very feature designed to curb piracy created a great demand for it. After a few titles the developer decided to finally drop the measure. But the damage was done, at least in my case. I will never buy a game from them again. The problems with this feature were known in advance, then there was the actual crash, then the angry feedback and yet the company kept releasing flawed products and kept telling people it's the way forward. In the end they had to admit it was a bad idea. But why not listen to the consumers in the first place? Meanwhile, a small company in Poland started releasing updated Win7-compatible versions of old old computer games. Their business model was to assure that they were completely free of intrusive anti-piracy measures. They basically said, you can pirate this as much as you want, nothing prevents this, but it would be nice if you bought some. Their business is booming and they have a dedicated loyal fan base. I'm sure there is a lesson in there somewhere.
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Pride
Mar 2, 2013 19:17:58 GMT
via mobile
Post by OhDeer on Mar 2, 2013 19:17:58 GMT
Pride comes before a fall.
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