While I agree with most of what you've said and I find it refreshing. I would like to highlight a few issues.

Out of the five ligitimate options you listed for ways in which consumers can turn the tables on companies. I am a avid supporter of the first two i.e Not buying the products and Finding alternatives or figuring out how to leverage your existing investments to your advantage. In fact, I help businesses do this all the time as it relates to technology deployments. The last two items put you at a disadvantage because they begin to break rules {laws and or agreements} designed to protect the investments of others.

Generally speaking, I can see the benefit of being able to sample music via P2P and then based on whether you like the music or not you purchase it. Although noble, the problems is, this is not the norm. Far too many people don't find it necessary to buy that which they can get for free. This leads to a problem that is effecting the country as a whole. Our values are in direct contradiction with our practices. We want everything for the least amount of cost. In order for many businesses to deliver and still turn a profit [which is what business is all about] they have to resort to outsourcing to the lowest bidder. Which means that people lose jobs or they turn to business practices that ultimately **** some consumers off but are necessary to curb their operational cost. Higher operational costs means reduced profits. Reduced profits means no incentive to provide a said service.

There was absolutely nothing wrong with blacks doing a lot of things in this country but It used to be illegal.

But again, generally I agree.

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