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People overusing their subscriptions are compensated by people underusing them.
by unglaublich 3y ago
People overusing their subscriptions are compensated by people underusing them.
- lupire 3y agoPeople who exercise are overusing their share of air. People with more children are overusing their share of sunlight.
- broeng 3y agoAccording to you, when does a child earn their own share of sunlight, so their parents are not "overusing" their share? Is it at a certain age, or is that only for children born latest at $YOUR_BIRTHYEAR?
- Brian_K_White 3y agoIt's illogical to assume that was literal. They are pointing out that what the previous commenter said was ridiculous, by saying the same thing with merely other variables swapped in which more obviously illustrates how ridiculous the original statement was.
- unglaublich 3y agoYes, it's called a "false analogy", a typical informal fallacy. There is nothing ridiculous about the fact that people-that-use-more-than-average (over-users: p>.5) are compensated by people-that-use-less-than-average (under-users: p<.5) to establish an average... it's called spread.
- broeng 3y agoFair enough, I'll admit I missed that completely.
- Brian_K_White 3y agoThere is no such thing as overusing a thing that is sold as unlimited. It's true that the train company does some probability math and figures out some balance point for the proper price for the ticket based on some estimated bell curve of usage, just like a diner selling a "bottomless" cup of coffee for $1. But that doesn't make the right half of the curve "overusing" any more than it makes the left half of the curve "underusing". They are all merely using the thing that the supplier sold in accordance with the terms set by the supplier.