Mordhem
Love it, Hate it.
join:2003-07-10
Baltimore, MD
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Re: Consumer Demand for non-DRM online music?
I don't I am 21 years old, and I can do pretty much anything with a computer, being the program websites, fixing peoples computers, removing copy protec... err Ohh wait I would not do that...  I am a gamer and been using PC's since 94 or so. I can easily build my own pc.
I don't know any one of my Generation that does not know how to use a computer and most know how to handle MP3s 
Thought I don't do Mac....
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thender2
Glamour Profession
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join:2004-05-16
Staten Island, NY
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I am an idiot myself in many areas. I'm a mechanic's wet dream, I know nothing about web hosting hosting or modern politics, and would probably not care about any issues effecting any of these areas. Here I am a dumb, educated consumer, not a hobbyist or a tweaker, or someone who has an semi-educated view on the subject.
Consumers won't care, or even notice DRM until it bothers them, and by then it'll be everywhere. It goes for everything. In digital content land, there are far more consumers than other two personality types, which is the point. It's not just people who aren't computer whizzes who won't notice it, it's anyone who is not really going to look into it. It's a boring topic, so I don't blame people for buying whatever and not caring.
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yock
TFTC
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join:2000-11-21
Fairfield, OH
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said by thender2  :said by GilbertMark :said by Mchart :Its true. Do you know a single 'average joe' american who actually knows how to share a file online? He's right, the typical computer owner consumer is a moron. Always has been, and usually always will be. It's only those with a brain and who try to learn new things by reading and thinking who get anywhere with a computer. These are the same people who still have a flashing "12:00" on their damn VCR. Corrected.  They believe a cheap 15 lbs box is a 500 watt receiver. They use composite video to hook up their HDTV. They buy a dell and ejaculate over their cheap pretty LCD and wonder why it dies when their HD goes to 80c because of poor case design. They There are hobbyists, tweakers, and consumers. You can be all three at once. A consumer with electronics, a tweaker with cars, and a hobbyist for real estate, whatever. But most people are consumers in more areas than hobbyists/tweakers, so they will be idiots and take whatever they're sold, even if it is overpriced, low quality DRMed music. You have a real disdain for non-geeks, don't you?
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Mchart
Super Joe
join:2004-01-21
Gurnee, IL
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·RoadRunner Cable
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said by halfband :said by Mchart :Its true. Do you know a single 'average joe' american who actually knows how to share a file online? But if you change that to americans from 12-18 years of age I bet the numbers are pretty high. Meh. I know A LOT of people in aforementioned age range that are just as hopeless with computers. |
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thender2
Glamour Profession
Premium
join:2004-05-16
Staten Island, NY
1 edit | reply to GilbertMark
said by GilbertMark :said by Mchart :Its true. Do you know a single 'average joe' american who actually knows how to share a file online? He's right, the typical computer owner consumer is a moron. Always has been, and usually always will be. It's only those with a brain and who try to learn new things by reading and thinking who get anywhere with a computer. These are the same people who still have a flashing "12:00" on their damn VCR. Corrected.
They believe a cheap 15 lbs box is a 500 watt receiver. They use composite video to hook up their HDTV. They buy a dell and ejaculate over their cheap pretty LCD and wonder why it dies when their HD goes to 80c because of poor case design. They
There are hobbyists, tweakers, and consumers. You can be all three at once. A consumer with electronics, a tweaker with cars, and a hobbyist for real estate, whatever. But most people are consumers in more areas than hobbyists/tweakers, so they will be idiots and take whatever they're sold, even if it is overpriced, low quality DRMed music.
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halfband
Premium
join:2002-06-01
Huntsville, AL
| reply to Mchart
said by Mchart :Its true. Do you know a single 'average joe' american who actually knows how to share a file online? But if you change that to americans from 12-18 years of age I bet the numbers are pretty high.
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Maxo
Your tax dollars at work.
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join:2002-11-04
Tallahassee, FL
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said by GilbertMark :the typical computer owner is a moron. Always has been, and usually always will be. It's only those with a brain and who try to learn new things by reading and thinking who get anywhere with a computer. These are the same people who still have a flashing "12:00" on their damn VCR. Yep, non-computer savy people are D-U-M-B dumb. |
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GilbertMark
Premium
join:2001-05-02
Gilbert, AZ
·Cox HSI
| reply to Mchart
said by Mchart :Its true. Do you know a single 'average joe' american who actually knows how to share a file online? He's right, the typical computer owner is a moron. Always has been, and usually always will be. It's only those with a brain and who try to learn new things by reading and thinking who get anywhere with a computer. These are the same people who still have a flashing "12:00" on their damn VCR.
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Mchart
Super Joe
join:2004-01-21
Gurnee, IL
·AT&T Yahoo
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to trparky
said by trparky :said by Mchart :said by trparky :Obviously they haven't seen this web site. But, even if they do offer non-DRMed music on the Internet, what will stop Joe Sixpack from giving that MP3 file to his buddy? Joe Sixpack doesnt even know how to give said MP3 file to his buddy. Man are you cynical. Its true. Do you know a single 'average joe' american who actually knows how to share a file online? |
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trparky
Bite My Shiny Metal Ass
Premium,MVM
join:2000-05-24
Cleveland, OH
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| reply to Mchart
said by Mchart :said by trparky :Obviously they haven't seen this web site. But, even if they do offer non-DRMed music on the Internet, what will stop Joe Sixpack from giving that MP3 file to his buddy? Joe Sixpack doesnt even know how to give said MP3 file to his buddy. Man are you cynical.
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