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> IP addresses are supposed to be free! just like the air is supposed to be free! In reality, nothing can be free. The cost was initially not being paid for,
by chii 3y ago
> IP addresses are supposed to be free!
just like the air is supposed to be free!
In reality, nothing can be free. The cost was initially not being paid for, because initially there's just quite a bit of addresses, and there wouldnt have been any quarrels.
I maintain that the world is being polluted because things aren't free. Imagine if every cubic inch of air, water and land is owned. You would not be allowed to pollute! You'd pay for your use of it!
- Sebguer 3y agoYou've read The Moon is a Harsh Mistress too many times, and taken away the wrong lessons.
- BenjiWiebe 3y agoIP addresses aren't a physical object with a cost to produce them. No one is saying that maintaining the fiber optics and routers should be free though, that's why we pay ISPs.