TwiztidKidd posted at 4:11 PM Thu, 28 September 2023 - #4475477

All retail stores have their points, miles, credit cards, etc... and they encourage you to use their currency, giving you a hefty discount, you think they lose money when they do this?

You left one very important thing out. You have to spend money to get the points, miles, and cash back on your credit card. Those companies have revenue, from you, to make interest on until you get part of it back in some small way. Those system don't loose money, because you increased their working capital and they only returned a small portion of it back to you. No one gets frequent flyer points from hanging out in the airport lobby and watching planes depart.

But all of us can get render points from posting one we did at that same airport lobby, with no money changing hands at all to Renderosity. There are no initial gains attached to render points, in any way... Only assumed future gains or potential losses.... They want you spend money here because you don't have enough points to get whatever it is you buy. But until someone does, it is all losses.... It is still a loss when you do buy something with them. There are no gains in it at all, other than they sold something far cheaper than it should have been.... It is a fire sale, called something else..... The only gain, is getting you to participate in the site.....

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