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by davidw 1925 days ago
And having a physical object adds some scarcity into the mix, which you need:

https://journal.dedasys.com/2007/02/03/in-thrall-to-scarcity...

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In our case it wasn't the point. It was more about the plug and play (literally, since it was a background music service) vs "install and then keep it running all the time". We had a local competitor and funny enough they pitched themselves with saying "you don't need any special hardware". I.e. they didn't get that it was indeed a feature.

But it was an interesting read.