Middlemen aside, everyone always seems to forget that you have to price a product at what the customers are willing to pay for it while still making a profit for yourself after paying royalties, salaries, etc.... If the artists feel they aren't getting paid enough through this medium, they need to branch out to other mediums and find other ways to make money on their product. They can't just say "I want X amount of dollars each month or X amount for each play" and expect any sane businessperson to take them seriously without factoring in the costs associated with offering the service.

That is all.

Shutting down interstate travel, social distancing, sequestration. Seems like I may need to start stockpiling that water, food and ammo.

As a business owner, you are correct. Every business lies, we just sugar coat it by calling it "control of information."

Using the governments ability to threaten violence in order to protect your job security. 'Merica.

Why do dev companies even need publishers? Serious question, what do publishers bring to the table?

I pay ~$45/year for a VPN service that doesn't keep logs of anything it's users do on top of a DNS encryption service which is free. Privacy restored.

Are one of the reasons I don't use ISP hosted email. Main reason is portability.

I unsubscribed from all future emails from Groupon yesterday. Pretty sure that was the straw that broke the camels back for him.

Could these recent mobile phone processors be adapted to the desktop?

A good lawyer will give you an initial consultation for free. I sought out a lawyer for a contract dispute with my business and he gave me the advice I needed for free though I offered to pay. He said it was a simple issue and he hoped I would return to him in the future for something more complex.

As a retailer I already pass the surcharge on. I know what I want my profit to be on a product or service and then I pad that for overhead and credit card fees. Only difference between what I do and this "new rule" is that even cash payers pay the extra.

Why do I never have mod points when I need them? +1 Funny.

My PC is 5 years old and the only upgrades I've done are more memory and new video cards periodically. Build a beefy enough system up front and upgrades later are minimal.

Guns are not sentient beings therefore they are not responsible for the actions of those who control them. When you can put a gun on trial for killing somebody, well I will bow to our new firearm overlords.