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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WattsHumphrey" data-source="post: 755082" data-attributes="member: 6730">Woah.  Take a deep breath and try to come at this from another angle.As someone who has recently had to take a course on professional ethics (I hate to say that that class is coming in useful in my personal life) I can say that this is very much an ethical issue that has no truly defined right or wrong answer.Some companies believe that their ethical obligations move toward giving people what they want at a minimum of cost, and in some cases free.  This encourages people to purchase more goods from the company and builds loyalty.  The belief here is that what is good for the consumer is good for the company.  Some companies believe that their ethical obligations are to their stockholders (owners, etc) and that they should give them the maximum return of profits for their investment.  These profits should help the company produce better products, hence what is good for the company is good for the consumer.I personally would have liked to see these updates free.  Because of the niche market Wizards is involved in, I am very very glad to see that Wizards has taken a route that niether jipps the customer for sake of the company nor jipps the company for sake of the customer.In a lot of ways, Wizards is putting a "gun" to our heads and forcing us to buy.  Home brew games may be fine and good, but in order to stick with the most recent, balanced game possible, as well as to play in any sort of official capacity, one must use the most current rules.But please don't misconstrue this as thinking I don't understand how Wizards feels and why they are acting this way.  I think we all understand that the game needs eratta and possibly even some changes.  At current I have not seen anything that shows Wizards' desire to change the game for the sheer purpose of forcing us to buy, and therefore their actions are still acceptable.  The fact that some people will be 'forced' to buy in order to continue their hobby is a very unfortunate side-effect and one that will pop up occasionally in just about any hobby that one chooses to play.I suppose in summary that I don't think Wizards is acting unfairly, and I do think they are putting a lot of thought into how their actions are affecting the community.  This does not stop me from being somewhat disappointed with their choices, but they know their liabilities better than I do and so far it looks like I can trust them to act reliably.</blockquote>

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