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<blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 394276" data-attributes="member: 812">What's your basis for this assertion? I say the opposite -- that WotC would make LESS, because they would be interfering with sales of their key product. Do you have any evidence to counter this point? You have not presented any so far.And please tell me how WotC is set up to make money from free downloads. Two years ago you could have easily financed a company with that business model, but subsequent events have proved it to be a treacherous one. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Only if you can't make any counter to my arguments. It seems you cannot.Where have I been unclear? The SRD exists to drive sales of the PHB. Specifically, the 3E PHB. This is a business model that makes sense to me and apparently to not only WotC but also Hasbro. If you don't understand it then I'm sorry. I'm willing to try harder if you are.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />&nbsp; &quot;martian apple&quot;! That's hilarious. I love it.Lo, the Martian Apple approacheth.Let's look at what I actually said:Clearly I'm the one who's been &quot;asking that question&quot; -- your whole idea (add old versions to the SRD) depends on the notion that demand for that exists. I've been saying, &quot;Fine, show me that sufficient demand exists and I'll agree that it's a good idea. But if sufficient demand doesn't exist, it's a BAD idea because it mucks up a successful business model.&quot;Now if you want to fuss about how much demand is &quot;sufficient&quot; demand, we can do that, but that assumes that the benefits of expanding the SRD are DEPENDENT on demand of some level, which is not what you've been saying up to now. You've been saying that expanding the SRD is a good thing, no matter what.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="barsoomcore, post: 394276, member: 812"] What's your basis for this assertion? I say the opposite -- that WotC would make LESS, because they would be interfering with sales of their key product. Do you have any evidence to counter this point? You have not presented any so far. And please tell me how WotC is set up to make money from free downloads. Two years ago you could have easily financed a company with that business model, but subsequent events have proved it to be a treacherous one. ;) Only if you can't make any counter to my arguments. It seems you cannot. Where have I been unclear? The SRD exists to drive sales of the PHB. Specifically, the 3E PHB. This is a business model that makes sense to me and apparently to not only WotC but also Hasbro. If you don't understand it then I'm sorry. I'm willing to try harder if you are. :D "martian apple"! That's hilarious. I love it. Lo, the Martian Apple approacheth. Let's look at what I [i]actually[/i] said: Clearly I'm the one who's been "asking that question" -- your whole idea (add old versions to the SRD) depends on the notion that demand for that exists. I've been saying, "Fine, show me that sufficient demand exists and I'll agree that it's a good idea. But if sufficient demand doesn't exist, it's a BAD idea because it mucks up a successful business model." Now if you want to fuss about how much demand is "sufficient" demand, we can do that, but that assumes that the benefits of expanding the SRD are DEPENDENT on demand of some level, which is not what you've been saying up to now. You've been saying that expanding the SRD is a good thing, no matter what. [/QUOTE]

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