isnt the palm pre the more scarce good? the one good they have the most control over because it's tangible? shouldnt they give away free apps? since it's the least controlled aspect of the goods? (as far as the old, digital vs tangible goods) I agree the service itself could be considered a scarce good as well but why not just use the money from the phones and service plans to fund an "app store" that would be the one to beat?
or was that the point you were trying to make until this idea cropped up? sure as a consumer $1 palm pre's sounds like a huge reason for anyone to consider sprint.. but wouldn't they do better to focus less on charging for things like metered data and digital downloads and charging more for things that actually cost a ton of money to produce? like a smartphone? also, I thought you were against loss leader mentality when it came to "compete with free" arguments
But I think blizzard has every right to sell their products how they choose, I think they are a bit misguided at times (as some said in other comments, probably activision's influence) but the core company has brought us great games in the past, and continue to run World of Warcraft, a ridiculously popular (and lucrative) offering, so if this country really is a free market, you can imagine they are quite confident they know what they are doing. IF this bites them in the ass, then perhaps they'll learn. (think spore/drm) otherwise some of you (in the comments) sound like parents trying to ban tv shows. Turn off your TV = Don't buy from Blizzard, if you don't like it, tough. You aren't entitled to have blizzard selling media in whatever format you think you deserve.
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or was that the point you were trying to make until this idea cropped up? sure as a consumer $1 palm pre's sounds like a huge reason for anyone to consider sprint.. but wouldn't they do better to focus less on charging for things like metered data and digital downloads and charging more for things that actually cost a ton of money to produce? like a smartphone? also, I thought you were against loss leader mentality when it came to "compete with free" arguments
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