Downloadable Vs Streaming Video

Hooper · 02-23-2003

Agreed KK.

Streaming gives you a lot more control over the media.. thus a lot more control over the surfers.

I really like an analogy that I made on another board *cough*patting self on back*cough*... but if you consider members areas to be akin to a movie theater... suppose i give you a day long matinee pass..or rather.. i SELL you a day long matinee pass.

Well you are definitely allowed to watch the movies all day.. whatever movies are playing... bounce from theater to theater.. but you are limited by how long you are allowed to watch them.

Now if i have 100 movies playing... odds are that you're going to come back next weekend to watch again because there is really just no way you can watch that many movies in a day.

If however you are a complete asshole and send a friend into each theater to video tape each movie (akin to downloadable content) then you get to watch all those movies over the exact same amount of time.. cept i'm not earning my ticket prices.

Bottom line is that there is a gigantic misconception... surfers (and suprisingly some webmasters) think that I/We/You open our members areas up with the understanding that you can just get EVERYTHING as fast as you can and save it to your hard drive for sharing with your buddies and watching over and over again long after your membership as expired and that this is OK rather than understanding that we stack the content intentionally to keep surfers there beyond the trial period and to keep them recurring.

02-23-2003	#17
Hooper Members Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,156	Agreed KK. Streaming gives you a lot more control over the media.. thus a lot more control over the surfers. I really like an analogy that I made on another board coughpatting self on backcough... but if you consider members areas to be akin to a movie theater... suppose i give you a day long matinee pass..or rather.. i SELL you a day long matinee pass. Well you are definitely allowed to watch the movies all day.. whatever movies are playing... bounce from theater to theater.. but you are limited by how long you are allowed to watch them. Now if i have 100 movies playing... odds are that you're going to come back next weekend to watch again because there is really just no way you can watch that many movies in a day. If however you are a complete asshole and send a friend into each theater to video tape each movie (akin to downloadable content) then you get to watch all those movies over the exact same amount of time.. cept i'm not earning my ticket prices. Bottom line is that there is a gigantic misconception... surfers (and suprisingly some webmasters) think that I/We/You open our members areas up with the understanding that you can just get EVERYTHING as fast as you can and save it to your hard drive for sharing with your buddies and watching over and over again long after your membership as expired and that this is OK rather than understanding that we stack the content intentionally to keep surfers there beyond the trial period and to keep them recurring. __________________ Quickbuck is paying $100 Per trial join.