Yea, for what it's worth, I think the "energy harvesting" statement sounds much more sinister than it really is. People are taking it literally -- as if we're going to become batteries ala The Matrix and Shannon's gonna absorb all that energy and become Super Shannon or some mess.
I saw it more like this: Maybe you'll pick up an extra job to pay for the sub you pirated, or even to buy more in the future. Or, if you have some talent, you'll be encouraged to contact Shannon and offer those services for free. Here's where my problem comes in:
What exactly determines "fair value?"
Who determines "fair value?"
And if "fair value" is no longer specified, do you really think it's ethical to impose AP code on a pirate in perpetuity?
There have been times in my life where I was paid upwards of $150/hr for my marketing services and I'd easily make $5-6k in a few days. Sex Magnet, for example, is $500. Theoretically, if I were a pirate, and if I were to devote those marketing skills to IML, the debt would be paid off fairly quickly. However, I doubt the AP code is that sophisticated, so I could be giving far more value than what I'm receiving. That's not a fair exchange at all. In fact, it sounds more like punishment. Unless the AP Code has an expiration clause OTHER than paying for the sub -- i.e. when you stop using the subliminal, the code terminates.
Again, I don't see why the AP code simply doesn't turn off the sub's effects and/or coerce them into buying the sub and/or coerce the pirate to tell people about how great IML is. It's so much more easier and cleaner if it went this way -- ESPECIALLY if you made it very clear what the AP code did. And THEN direct people to the free subs. Maybe even make an "Alpha Male Lite" sub, designed to put the person in a dominant state quickly so they'll immediately know IML is the real deal.
I do wonder... (and I sincerely hope this isn't true) that the REAL reason IML won't make AP code turn off the sub's effects is because Shannon is aware that on all code executes (on some level) even when directed otherwise -- as we've seen with women being affected by AM and vice-versa. That means we're all being affected by AP code, even if we're legit.
There are other ways to handle this situation, one that addresses all the issues. And man, it's really becoming quite the PR clusterfart.
I saw it more like this: Maybe you'll pick up an extra job to pay for the sub you pirated, or even to buy more in the future. Or, if you have some talent, you'll be encouraged to contact Shannon and offer those services for free. Here's where my problem comes in:
What exactly determines "fair value?"
Who determines "fair value?"
And if "fair value" is no longer specified, do you really think it's ethical to impose AP code on a pirate in perpetuity?
There have been times in my life where I was paid upwards of $150/hr for my marketing services and I'd easily make $5-6k in a few days. Sex Magnet, for example, is $500. Theoretically, if I were a pirate, and if I were to devote those marketing skills to IML, the debt would be paid off fairly quickly. However, I doubt the AP code is that sophisticated, so I could be giving far more value than what I'm receiving. That's not a fair exchange at all. In fact, it sounds more like punishment. Unless the AP Code has an expiration clause OTHER than paying for the sub -- i.e. when you stop using the subliminal, the code terminates.
Again, I don't see why the AP code simply doesn't turn off the sub's effects and/or coerce them into buying the sub and/or coerce the pirate to tell people about how great IML is. It's so much more easier and cleaner if it went this way -- ESPECIALLY if you made it very clear what the AP code did. And THEN direct people to the free subs. Maybe even make an "Alpha Male Lite" sub, designed to put the person in a dominant state quickly so they'll immediately know IML is the real deal.
I do wonder... (and I sincerely hope this isn't true) that the REAL reason IML won't make AP code turn off the sub's effects is because Shannon is aware that on all code executes (on some level) even when directed otherwise -- as we've seen with women being affected by AM and vice-versa. That means we're all being affected by AP code, even if we're legit.
There are other ways to handle this situation, one that addresses all the issues. And man, it's really becoming quite the PR clusterfart.
