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Because stupid people are easy to herd to the polls.

• swyx 1y ago
  because good data costs money? how would you feel if you were the SWE on the other side of this API and people demand it for free
  • Vinnl 1y ago
    Usually the opposite of privatisation is not that something magically appears for free, but that it is funded by a state.
  • monkeywork 1y ago
    There is an SWE on the other side of this API - and I imagine they are enjoying a government salary and pension for operating it... people accessing it for free wouldn't impact them.
  • Sohcahtoa82 1y ago
    This carries the same energy as arguing against "free" healthcare by claiming that doctors shouldn't be expected to work for free. Nobody is expecting anybody to work for free. We expect government to pay for it. I think you know this and pretend not to for some reason.