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Originally Posted by mineistaken
Don't you limit your customers base?
1. If I was a customer I would definitely want to watch it on my computer not live. No way I would pay for streaming only. What if I want to enjoy it at my cabin where is no internet etc? Or on my tablet outside my house/office where wifi is not fast enough and I do not want to pay premium for mobile internet. Just random examples.
2. Many people don't have fast enough internet to stream high quality video.
3. Not sure if its that difficult to pirate from the stream.
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Those are all myths. Much like the DRM. The only people that bitch about those things are the people who want to site rip all of your content and post it up on pirate forums. I have yet, in 15 years, to see loyal members bitch about any of these things in mass like is made out on the forums.
That being said, while there are 'some' who want to download their favorite clips, that is not the majority in my experience. I tracked this very things for a year a few years back. The pay site had 1000 plus scenes on it. Most members did not even watch all 1000 scenes. They found some favorites, and just watched them over and over. Additionally, less than 15% actually downloaded clips most appeared to prefer the stream for whatever reason.
While I am not saying everyone would see the same thing, I can speak from my own experience and tracking this for a year. We then took away downloads, and not a single complaint. If they wanted the download, and it was available, they would go pay $5-10.00 at the clips4sale store.
