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At This Office Park, Scamming the World Was the Business
- immibis 10mo agoPaywalled
- reaperducer 10mo agoSo what? When you work for free, the Times will work for free. Also paywalled: The computer you're using. The food you eat. Whatever mechanized mode of transportation you use. If you can't afford 0.003% of the average tech worker's salary to support journalism, then just don't read it.
- immibis 10mo agoWhy are you upset about this?
- reaperducer 10mo agoNot upset at all. Just bored with off-topic whining about paywalls. HN used to be better than this.
- ranger_danger 10mo agoFalse equivalence. The free market isn't a simple two-way exchange of favors, it's a system governed by supply, demand and the value of goods and services... not reciprocal altruism. If an individual works for free, they are not creating a reciprocal obligation on the part of a corporation. In a functioning market, companies pay for labor because they benefit from it. If someone chooses to work for free, that's a personal decision... not a transaction that obligates others to reciprocate.