Re: [gentoo-user] 2 to 3??

[Stroller <stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk>]

On 19 Jul 2007, at 01:41, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> ...
> If TiVo was renting ... the devices, I would probably be on the other
> side of this discussion.

Oh, absolutely. There's entirely no reason for someone to have the  
right to install software on a device they don't own. But IMO on a  
device they do own then that right is paramount.

Tivo could easily have made a business model out of renting the  
hardware - they could simply have adjusted the subscription to cover  
the cost of the unit. The reason they didn't was marketing, pure &  
simple - to a consumer it's far more compelling to buy a device which  
you "own" for life than to consider the on-going cost of the  
subscription. $350 for the ownership of this great device which comes  
with a year's FREE subscription is far better than signing up for a  
$30-a-month contract with nothing to show for it at the end of a year.

Perhaps Volker doesn't consider himself the kind of sucker consumer  
who would fall for such a ploy. I find myself unable to explain his  
ire at "whingers" who disagree with him.

Stroller.

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