Flamie Parkin
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Perhaps my view on this is a bit... over simplified?
But quite honestly I dont understand this LL decision from a business standpoint. LL creates SL and a free viewer, makes the viewer source code open source, free TPV's are made, increasing customer satisfaction, which in turn leads to the customer being on SL more often, thus spending more money on lindens/land/marketplace... and when LL introduced new features and a new compatable viewer, compatible TPV's were made which helped LL keep their customers not only while they worked out the immense number of bugs, but also with the massive shock the change brought for many customers, which may have otherwise left SL and taken their real money with them....and now as far as linden labs sees it, this is a BAD thing?
It is a FACT... the more satisfied a person is with their expereince, the more they will return to that experience, and the more they are willing to spend on it. So honestly what does it matter if a TPV has more use because of greater functionality?! That simply means MORE people will find what suits them the best, and will PAY MORE for their experience. My bet is the Phoenix/Firestorm users vastly outnumber the LL viewer users, in fact I dont know many long time members, those who spend big money on big lindens, to use LL viewer because it is relatively unstable and less user freindly. This seems far more like an ego thing. Like a child crying because no one want to play with their toys, but wants the better toys of the other kids... instead of at the least taking pride in developing the source code that the other viewers were created from.
I have seen people say it "levels the playing field" because some have better features than LL viewer. It is simply a matter of choice of FREE viewers. I dont see why it matters if there is a "level playing field" when at any time a person can CHOOSE to switch viewers for free and have all the functionality they want to quash.
This really is nothing but 100% ego from LL, to the point of hurting their own bottom line. Not too bright IMO. Happy people spend more on what makes them happy. upset or frustrated people see a growing waste of time, and find some better use for their money. But I suppose money means little to a business, as long as they can take the other kids toys and break them, loosing all their little freinds in the process of their outburst. But that is just my two cents.
IF LL cant compete on Innovation - Stifle Competiton
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