You're comparing apples and oranges. Opportunity cost is not the same thing as a reduction in choices.
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You're comparing apples and oranges. Opportunity cost is not the same thing as a reduction in choices.
Yes it is.
But it's going to watch you while you masturbate and post it secretly online while it's "checking your connection", who wants to deal with that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Joust Williams
So choosing to buy a steak instead of chicken is the same as only being offered steak? What if you prefer chicken usually?
If my choices now result in the lack of choice down the road, then it has been a nice ride. But hey, go ahead and resell your Steam games a la carte ;)
It's not down the road. It's right now. And Steam continues to be a shitty analogy, despite your and Diff's fondness of it. Every EULA you have accepted in the last 10 years says you don't own the IP you're about to play/watch/listen to. No amount of informed consumerism changes the IP laws.
Sure it does, you could have bought other versions of the games or just gotten a different hobby. But you didn't because you are not principled enough. You did not buy the GOG version of System Shock 2, right?
Not trying to be a jerk here but it is awfully convenient that the level of bullshit that is acceptable is right where you are. More than that and it is 'you are a sheep'
Who are you quoting? You also continue to confuse opportunity cost with a lack of choice. My buying the Steam version of System Shock 2 in no way contributed to the GOG version not existing. In fact, the opportunity cost of buying the GOG version is easily measured, since I paid $7, as opposed to its $10.
If you're talking extras, then I value the $3 more than the extras. That is opportunity cost. No one took that choice away from me.
No, one is DRM and the other is not. One is tied to your account and the other is not. At this point, I do not even know what your argument is since it is wrapped in the hugest hypothetical ever.