But also, the low cost was the price of getting enough customers locked in to overwhelm competition and secure a position where they can continue to control/raise prices.
It'll be the same with AI and many other things. Cheap or free until people are hooked and competition is locked out. The big boys will either bankrupt or absorb/buy-out competition until they control the market.
There are some things on Disney+ that you literally cannot even buy elsewhere, so personal ownership isn't even an option.
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u/flopisit32 11d ago
Reddit refuses to ever understand economics.
Things cost what people are willing to pay for them. If nobody was buying their shit, they would be charging lower prices.