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	juise-	2010-09-19 , 01:33
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Originally Posted by geohsia

So the honest people pay and the dishonest benefit? Seems like an odd system.

Taken out of the context, this seems like how the real world works to me.

I don't think it gets any better in context though.

You have a trial period and Google to learn all you need to. 30 days is plenty.

You are making an assumption that you have some kind of trial period. And Google can be surprisingly bad when you get specific enough.

You mean buyer's remorse?

And there is no such thing as advertisement that promises too much.

Try again.

Hoodwinking. Hmm... In the year 2010, there's this think called marketing and sometimes companies use to get us to buy their stuff. We as consumers kinda need to wise up and look beyond the flashy signs and messages and see if what they're really selling is what we want or need.

So you think it's ok to lie to your customers? Because they'll be smart enough to be able to figure out the facts themselves anyway?

I'll give you a secret. More we accept their s***, more they make us eat it.

You're right thought, customers want the software for free and if they have to they'll steal and they do.

One of the very basic things of capitalism is, that market decides the appropriate price for items.

I shouldn't be doing this. But the arguments above felt too wrong, so I had to counter.

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