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I would say it's more like saying that driving on the highway is free because you pay taxes. I doubt anyone is buying a developer account specifically for weath
by hoosier2gator 1y ago
I would say it's more like saying that driving on the highway is free because you pay taxes. I doubt anyone is buying a developer account specifically for weather API calls.
- margalabargala 1y agoLots of people drive on highways who pay no highway taxes, foreign tourists for example. It's free like riding the monorail at Disney World is free; included in the cost of your entry ticket, and utterly inaccessible to anyone who has not paid.
- bigiain 1y agoLots of people get the weather forecasts from tv or radio for free. Weather forecasts aren't "utterly inaccessible" the way the Disney monorail is.
- margalabargala 1y agoNot from the Dark Sky API they don't. We're not talking about "weather forecasts", we're talking about a specific set of weather forecasts accessed in a particular way.
- op00to 1y ago> Lots of people drive on highways who pay no highway taxes, foreign tourists for example. Highways are mostly funded through gas taxes, and registration fees for EVs. Even foreign tourists buy gasoline, or drive an EV that paid its registration fee. Also, the Disney World monorail is outside the ticket gates. You can ride it without a ticket.
- margalabargala 1y agoOK fine pick some random thing that's "free" within the ticket gates but isn't what people go there for.
- scarface_74 1y agoForeign tourists very much pay for driving on the highways on the way to Disney World through higher sales taxes, tolls, hotel taxes etc. There is a reason that Florida is state tax free. Source: I live 30 minutes away from Disney and partially moved to Florida when I started working remotely to save money on taxes.