I've noticed that in general it's cheaper to buy a new bookcase than to buy the wood to build your own of the same quality, _if_ you're that good - it's hard to match the precision with which even Ikea furniture is made.
No, it's really not. Go try and buy a solid wood bookcase. Not plywood, just pure, solid wood. I'll give you a minute to get over the sticker shock. Cost of the hardwood to make one? Probably $300 at most. The bookcase will cost north of 5-10 times that much for the same thing. So instead, you decide to go with plywood as it'll be a cheaper bookcase to buy. How much was it? What's the quality of the face veneers? Is it A-Grade ply, or something like C grade? You can get C-Grade plywood over at Home Depot pretty cheap. From a wood standpoint, it is cheaper to buy the materials for the bookcase than it is to buy a bookcase of the same quality. But, you can buy a bookcase of lesser quality than the cost of the materials for a higher-end one. I can't beat Ikea on price alone, but I could provide a much better price/quality than them.
That Chinese drill motor with pneumatic hammer isn't going to be as nice and long-lasting as the one from DeWalt, but it's good enough for drilling a few holes to hang paintings or chisel old tiles off the bathroom wall, and it's only a hundred euros instead of 600 for a pro tool.
Umm....pretty much all the tools come from china man. Even DeWalts. And just because it's from China doesn't mean it's garbage. You can get good stuff from there, if you spec higher quality components.
Who decided that?
No one I guess. But if you don't want to respect the content holders wishes, then you shouldn't expect anyone to respect your wishes regarding your property. If I want I can come take something of yours against your wishes and you shouldn't be raw about it.
What, exactly were you deprived of?
The ability to control how my content is distributed
Not all laws are just
Only the ones you don't agree with amirite?
This "agreement" that not everyone even agreed to (an agreement you didn't agree to doesn't actually exist) might not be just either.
If you are the original purchaser of said content, you have entered into that agreement. You don't want to enter into the agreement, don't buy it. It's their item that they are making available at their terms. If you don't want to agree to those terms, go somewhere else. Just because you don't like their terms doesn't give you the right do acquire it however you see fit. Everyone may agree that their terms are silly, but it's still their choice and should be respected. Otherwise, someone could likely say the same thing about you, if you were to be in a similar case.
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