:
|
Plus, how does the reselling of licences to use digitally distributed software make sense?
|
It doesn’t, that’s the really stupid thing.
Used sales make sense for physical products, where an item is changing hands, suffers wear and tear, has a limited supply etc.
For a digital marketplace? You’re trading licenses, which can be
infinitely produced. Whoever owns that license can download the digital assets associated without ever worrying about them being damaged.
A used marketplace can only make sense when there’s a limited, physical supply of the product.
Of course, there are downsides to a digital marketplace that physical media won’t have — what happens if the digital vendor shuts down? — but we’ll never fix those problems by emulating traditional marketplaces.