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Punoxysm comments on Open thread, Jan. 26 - Feb. 1, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Punoxysm 27 January 2015 07:58:38AM 1 point [-]

If movie A sells for 9 dollars, people able to do a side-by-side comparison will never purchase movie B. Movie A will accrue 1.8 million dollars.

I don't see what sublinear pricing has to do with it unless the audience is directly engaging in some collective buying scheme.