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> nor would the very large number of free-as-in-beer services that make up a large part of what makes the internet useful to people. Whatever replaced them cou
by vkou 7mo ago
> nor would the very large number of free-as-in-beer services that make up a large part of what makes the internet useful to people.
Whatever replaced them could hardly be worse than the shit we currently have. I refuse to believe we live in a global maximum.
- akoboldfrying 7mo agoYou could be right, but I personally am much more comfortable paying with a few milliseconds of my attention for news/email/short comedy clips/timezone conversion/etc. than even a single cent of actual money. And it has to be one or the other -- right?
- vkou 7mo agoOf course you are, that's why we are in this Faustian bargain. It's hard to compete with free-as-in-beer.
- modo_mario 7mo ago>than even a single cent of actual money. I think we often pay those cents without knowing. Companies we employ or purchase from despite never having been subject to their adspend, etc