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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shardstone" data-source="post: 8008779" data-attributes="member: 6807784">That's not what I'm getting at, and rereading what I typed, I guess I wasn't very clear.Customers are not the clients. The clients are the companies purchasing us, usually - the people who hire us as freelancers.I guess if I had to oversimplify everything I'm getting at is people don't feel strongly about how good writing is good, and that means that businesses, who only care about what clients feel strongly about, don't pay freelancers or artists all that well - and writers get paid the worst of all.The customer has, as Umbran pointed out, a lot more to worry about when purchasing a product. The client does too, but could likely afford to pay more in almost every scenario. But that goes against the current method of economy we've chosen, so, at the end of the day, there's no way to really change it.It sucks though. Just because this is the way things are doesn't mean its good, or even preferred. Its just the way things are. And if artists like myself didn't have the overwhelming need to make art, there'd be a loooooot less of us given in many cases, we lose money on these ventures instead of gaining it.</blockquote>