JEMC said:
The second hand market is legal and, unlike piracy, actually provides an economic benefit to all parts involved in the transaction. I honestly don't see how the videogames used market is any different from the one for movies, music (back then cassettes, CDs, etc were a thing) or even things like cars or houses, and I don't recall Ford or BMW bashing the second hand market even during bad times when their profits fall like a rock. |
Because it is socially acceptable. Some things have existed so long thjat people are treating it as tradition and would never let go. 2nd hand market is inherently harmful to businesses but it has always existed, so it stays. Something being legal does not represent its morality.
Compare it with smoking. If smoking didn't exist and someone would introduce it today, it would be immediately banned because it is inherently harmful to everything. But smoking is legal despite its harmfulness just because it has been around for so long and as such is socially accepable.
You could argue that 2nd hand is accepted because it's pro-consumer but that's bull. Nobody cares about consumer protection or things would be different around here.
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