Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;864610...you DO realize who is on the other end of this conversation, don't you?

It's the guy who got you your last ban at rpg.net (or at least was one of the people who reported your post, I suppose).

Quote from: soviet;864614Likely
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Brett is somewhat rare in that he has his own storefront and from what I can tell he's been pretty successful with that. When folks say that OBS is important and 90% of PDF sales, that doesn't mean there are not exceptions. But they are still exceptions. Just like plenty of vendors out there have found a way to be successful without Amazon. Doesn't diminish Amazon's near monopoly status (and therefore its ability to impact content anytime it lays down guidelines). We had this conversation a while back, I still think it is difficult to deny the impact that OBS has on content or to not see it as a near monopoly. There are exceptions but the vast majority of publishers (myself included) get a large majority their sales from OBS. I also don't think it is a stretch to say that the announcement of new guidelines made anyone on there think twice about the content of future releases.

Quote from: soviet;864614Likely
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You are correct that he didn't explicitly contradict the interpretation you put on what he did say, but then he couldn't flatly contradict that interpretation because, as he said, he doesn't have the sales figures.

What he did say is that his estimate is that sales from OBS are a majority of his sales. That is not the same as him saying that his estimate is that sales from OBS are a minority of his sales. Hence, my statement that he didn't say the latter, since he did, in fact, say words equivalent to the former.

Quote from: BedrockBrendan;864618We had this conversation a while back, I still think it is difficult to deny the impact that OBS has on content or to not see it as a near monopoly.

Not at all difficult. Just close your eyes, stick your fingers in your ears, and loudly chant "LA...LA...LA...I can't hear you!"

Quote from: soviet;864577Wait, I thought you said that OBS had a monopoly over the hobby, to the extent that you cannot run a viable RPG business without being on there and being removed from it is the same as being censored? Now you're saying it might not even be half of your sales?

If you were actually in business, and not a dilettante, you'd get that "losing half your sales" means you would almost certainly be out of business.