> I'll never understand the cognitive dissonance of "conditionally free". it's not a cognitive dissonance. Lots of places have conditionally free stuff - it's

> I'll never understand the cognitive dissonance of "conditionally free". it's not a cognitive dissonance. Lots of places have conditionally free stuff - it's a form of price discrimination (coupons, special deals etc). Microsoft is within their rights to make their servers conditionally free. What the community can respond with is to move to a different server, if such conditions are not within the bounds of the community's lines.