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Originally posted by Tropez
These are not the same situation.
Bill Gates was not like we software engineers are not making enough money from selling software. So here's a service that offers higher profits for us, with a higher price for you.
Which wouldn't make sense today because well windows can now be freely updated.
The owners of McDonald's were not like please subscribe to our chain for a monthly price since the value of a burger is being marginalized in today's world. Like no.
Those are people and company's that made a product that was innovative at the time. A popular software program, a fast food chain, and national discount store. They get riches because those were their intellectual property that appeared at the right time before anyone was doing it.
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Did I miss something? Is the general public being forced to buy a Tidal subscription? Jay Z is a businessman just like thousands of other businessmen. He has a product for sale. If you want it buy it. If you don't want it don't buy it. An argument of "the rich getting richer" is the height of absurdity when people purchase from thousands of businesses on a regular basis while the owners are millionaires and billionaires. Why all of a sudden are people caring about a business owner being rich? Doesn't every business owner get into business to make money? It doesn't matter if a product is revolutionary or not -- the only thing that matters is if a consumer wants to purchase it. Businesses provide a product and people who want it buy it. There are people who'll never get an iPhone or own a computer so Microsoft and Apple mean nothing to them.