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RE: Making Costs for Breeders A Bit Lower
To prevent updates with new features, a pet would need to be banned from the Cattery. Otherwise, the Dock would be required to have copies of all previous versions; which, while technically feasible, is a ridiculous requirement and would eventually cause the Dock to lag horribly when pulling cats back in-world.
The argument about support, updates, whatever is vacuous. I get free storage (in the Cattery) for all boxes, and all cats, regardless of the age of the box or cat. If I need support for those boxes and cats, I'll get it regardless of whether I paid any food/milk/whatever fees. And, there are no updates or upgrades for cats in the Cattery. Updates and upgrades for those cats are in the Dock and only apply if/when I pull the cat in-world. I'll get that whether I pay for a pet kit or not.
If we're really concerned about the company paying for support, programing, updates and such, we should be arguing that there should be a per-cat and per-box daily fee for the Cattery. You get one guess how well I think THAT idea flies!
I view the fees paid for food (as well as milk and vitamins) as license fees we pay.
Basically, the company has stated that about a week's worth of food is the fee we pay them for the right to produce a new copy of their work.
Also, the company has stated that, to them a cat is worth about 750L$, although they give away a goodly number of free ones several times a year, so the actual, net price, per Starter, is lower, possibly quite a bit lower.
And, the company has stated that they don't really care what we charge each other for those copies .. so long as we pay our license fees (food costs) we can sell/transfer/give cats for whatever price we choose.
But, after paying 120 days of licensing fees, the company demands that I continue paying a daily license fee TO HOLD ONTO, but not copy, a cat .. and, then, ONLY if I want to take the cat in-world. My other choices are to accept a crippled in-world product; purchase a permanent license; or accept a 10 L$ store credit to terminate my license to hold onto the cat. Oh, or I can hold onto the cat, in the Cattery, completely free.
It's not about costs .. it's about whether the fee charged for the pet kit is reasonable when it only effects in-world cats.
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Making Costs for Breeders A Bit Lower
