Porcupine_I on 30 July 2014
So, what Sony is saying here is that it is not an exclusive deal, they could introduce the service it if they wanted, they just didn't want to.
I suppose if the get enough backlash they will think about it again.
On the other hand, if this kind of service picks up, i can see other publishers jumping on it and then the monthly subscriptions will add up in the end.
“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.”
- George Orwell, ‘1984’
