news flash: the bureaucracy is part of the government (usually/mostly part of the executive). so is the judicial branch, actually. the statement holds true.
that said, monopoly effects which could be atributed to any of the above are usually actually caused by greed + stupidity, and greed is/is expressed as a form of malice...
and the other companies get raked over the coals for being moronic arseholes when they actually do stuff that techdirt hears about as well. lately it's been Sony's turn, that's all.
normally this type of behavior would be reprehensible (it's basically what Sony(?) does, just the parties involved are different)... but there are situations where it is the correct course of action. this would seem to be one of them.
actually, yet again parts of the entertainment industry is whining about piracy and not realising that they're now competing with more different legitimate types of entrainment, for the same budget. tv, dvd, movies, novels, video games (consoles, PC, whatever), plus all the random hobbies and sports and comics and cartoons and who knows what else...
and a recession...
people only have so much money. more things to split it between means less per thing, so even with Zero piracy, the increase in Options is going to lead to any given option getting less. (and piracy has Zero effect on This bit because it doesn't use any of the budget!)
if i remember their ToS right, the only thing they're obligated to do and can't get out of is actually selling you the credits. they reserve the right to not do pretty much every other part, and the only reason they don't try to worm their way out of that bit is that they'd get in legal trouble if they didn't then refund your money. that said i'm not a lawyer and it's been a while since i read the document.
technically their business is selling you paypal credits, if i read what you sign up to by using them properly. their entire ToS is set up so the only thing they're legally obligated to do is record that you bought those credits, and bank the cash. or so it seemed at the time.
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so... yeah.
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i really should write it down at some point.
oh, and then there's the idiocy of the Good developers who don't do stupid shit being tied to platforms which are owned by morons who do it anyway.
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just, ya know, food for thought.
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and a recession...
people only have so much money. more things to split it between means less per thing, so even with Zero piracy, the increase in Options is going to lead to any given option getting less. (and piracy has Zero effect on This bit because it doesn't use any of the budget!)
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that or you were making a reference to previous comments and/or articles of the type in a humorous fashion which i missed.
yay options!
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