But of course. I understand all of those complaints, and I think they all make sense.<p>Though, look at how spoiled we've become by piracy. Now, we say we'd only buy something if we the <i>exact same experience</i> as we'll have with the final product. A demo is sometimes far from the game experience? yep. Movie trailers are bullshit? Sometimes, yes they are! Movie synopsis then? Even more!<p>Now, think about all the other things you buy. You can't really go to a car shop and say: "Hi. I'm looking for a car to cross the us. So, in order for it to be really like my final experience, I'll need to borrow it for at least a week.". Or like, "Hi, I want to try a Mac. Of course the factory Mac doesnt' help me much, so I'll borrow it for a day to install emacs/vi, some terminal scripts, quicksilver and see if it suits me well". The list goes on.<p>Specially with all the other non-pirated items, we have to make a decision about the buying the final product <i>before</i> we've had access to the final product. It's really up to the producer which means he'll provide you, as a <i>sales</i> mechanism, to try his product before you make your buying decision.<p>Not being able to have the full experience before you buy, specially with some kinds of products (some books, some games, most movies) is critical to selling it. It's not the consumer's <i>right</i> to take by force the final experience from the producer to make a buying decision.