"...convenience, indeed. Like inkjet printers with chipped cartridges to make sure you only buy "legit" cartridges from the printer manufacturer and NOT save money in the process of buying "non approved" ink."
The razor blade model is being undermined by third party refillers of cartridges with their own ink. Such operations can be found in China and India (and for that matter in Copenhagen). Anthony On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Fernando Cassia <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 21:34, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Problem 1, you can't force _that_ freedom down the throat of _buyers_ > (industry regulations could help a lot though). > > > > • Problem 2, most buyers consider that freedom from hassles is more > important than having the right to install another OS on their device. > Really. > > snip... > > "But what was an easy task for a curious teen has turned into a > persistent headache for Apple, one that the company has been trying to > cure for over two years, with little success. With each new version of > the iPhone operating system, a small army of independent programmers > and hackers get to work prying it open, removing restrictions and > making their iPhones do things that Apple CEO Steve Jobs never > intended." > > convenience, indeed. Like inkjet printers with chipped cartridges to > make sure you only buy "legit" cartridges from the printer > manufacturer and NOT save money in the process of buying "non > approved" ink. > > FC > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Anthony P. D'Costa Professor of Indian Studies and Research Director Asia Research Centre Copenhagen Business School Porcelænshavens 24, 3 DK-2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Ph: +45 3815 2572 *A NEW INDIA?* http://www.anthempress.com/pdf/9780857286642.pdf *CONFERENCE PUBLIC SECTOR REFORMS IN INDIA AND CHINA* http://uk.cbs.dk/research/konferencer/psric *INTERVIEW China and India: Competition and Collaboration *(go to Research Themes/Economy) ad.int <http://cast.cbs.dk/#ad.int> 07-Jun-2011 http://uk.cbs.dk/arc http://www.thisismodernindia.com/this_is_modern_india_about_us.html xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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