> and most of the people will give up. And start doing what? Buying all the stuff they were just hoarding because it was "free" and they never were able to aff

> and most of the people will give up. And start doing what? Buying all the stuff they were just hoarding because it was "free" and they never were able to afford in the first place? I don't think so. If the effort to get stuff increases above the value of the stuff, they'll simply wait until somebody solves the problem and decreases the effort, so the stuff becomes "free" again.