MechaPilot
Explorer
On the contrary, I do think it's unreasonable to think their justifiable concerns about piracy would mean that they wouldn't even be willing to perform the research. Politicians avoid gathering data that may contradict their assumptions, but businesspeople do not.
Then again, you just called them "paranoid", so maybe you also think they are "willfully ignorant" or whatever.
("What? Digital millennials sharing PDFs with each other? Yeah, that's just freaking paranoid.")
What's ironic is that you are basically accusing them of ignoring any information that might contradict the foregone conclusions you ascribe to them, and yet you seem (based on your posts) to have already decided they are just flat out wrong for not giving you the products that you want, and are ignoring any evidence/arguments that suggest maybe this is the right decision for them (if not for you).
Compared to other companies? Yes, I'd say paranoid is an appropriate (if slightly excessive) adjective.
Also, what do "millennials" have to do with this? People have been copying CDs and Cassettes and VHS tapes well before millennials were a generation for people to excrete upon to popular applause.
You know, I generally like several of the points you make in discussions on the forums (I've tossed my fair share of xp your way in my time here), but for some reason you've started spouting buzzwords like "special snowflakes" and "millennials" that usually make me simply ignore the person who says them. What's with that?