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Its just the fact that people are used to free content, so the idea of paying for it is foreign. If groceries used to be free, but suddenly cost money, people
by dahfizz 6y ago
Its just the fact that people are used to free content, so the idea of paying for it is foreign.
If groceries used to be free, but suddenly cost money, people would riot.
- pydry 6y agoThat's absurd. People need groceries. If the National Enquirer went to a paid subscription model or disappeared entirely nobody would riot.
- inetknght 6y ago> That's absurd. People need groceries. Thus: if groceries used to be free, but suddenly cost money, people would riot. Arguably: why would people riot about not-free Youtube?
- yissp 6y agoSee also this Planet Money episode about formerly-free doughnuts. https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2012/07/13/156737801/the-cost-of-free-doughnuts-70-years-of-regret https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2012/07/13/156737801/the-...