Step 1) Release open source free software Step 2) Get millions of people aboard Step 3) Clamp down, raise prices, make people pay for their mistake of relying

Step 1) Release open source free software Step 2) Get millions of people aboard Step 3) Clamp down, raise prices, make people pay for their mistake of relying on 'free' services/products. If you change Step 1) to Subsidize services, then you get Uber/Lyft. This also applies to drug trading (first time is free!). It gives unfair advantage to companies that have deep VC-lined pockets and a huge pool of money to spend. It raises the critical barrier for the small-guy to compete in this landscape. It also makes it easy for these companies to wipe out competition by undercutting them. This is just cheating.