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<blockquote data-quote="Ulorian - Agent of Chaos" data-source="post: 8913770" data-attributes="member: 16668"><p>I hear you and you are technically correct. That might be a semantic splitting of hairs though. The tone of that post (and previous posts by that person) suggests that by <strong>get</strong> the OP meant <strong>force</strong>. </p><p></p><p>In any case, even if the intent was <strong>get</strong> in the sense you mean... why is this bad? That is literally what any producer of a VTT is getting the world to do: induce others to buy their product. Although in this case, WotC is trying to strongarm others out of the marketplace rather than rely on the quality of their product to float them to the top. At first glance, this seems ethically wrong. But on further reflection, it doesn't: they own the product these VTTs are based on. But on even further reflection, that approaches stifles the potential quality of VTTs in general as it quashes the competition that naturally pushes you to improve your product.</p><p></p><p>All of this is very grey and nebulous... which is why I get yikes-ed out by those on both sides who are ABSOLUTELY AND WITHOUT A DOUBT certain about their moral and ethical stance on this. Not to mention that this whole tempest in a teacup is an unnoticeable blip on the radar of life.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ulorian - Agent of Chaos, post: 8913770, member: 16668"] I hear you and you are technically correct. That might be a semantic splitting of hairs though. The tone of that post (and previous posts by that person) suggests that by [B]get[/B] the OP meant [B]force[/B]. In any case, even if the intent was [B]get[/B] in the sense you mean... why is this bad? That is literally what any producer of a VTT is getting the world to do: induce others to buy their product. Although in this case, WotC is trying to strongarm others out of the marketplace rather than rely on the quality of their product to float them to the top. At first glance, this seems ethically wrong. But on further reflection, it doesn't: they own the product these VTTs are based on. But on even further reflection, that approaches stifles the potential quality of VTTs in general as it quashes the competition that naturally pushes you to improve your product. All of this is very grey and nebulous... which is why I get yikes-ed out by those on both sides who are ABSOLUTELY AND WITHOUT A DOUBT certain about their moral and ethical stance on this. Not to mention that this whole tempest in a teacup is an unnoticeable blip on the radar of life. [/QUOTE]
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