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This analogy falls apart because there wasn’t a price for the software. It’s like someone said “free whole apples, or $2/lb for sliced apples.” And someone ca
by paulddraper 5mo ago
This analogy falls apart because there wasn’t a price for the software.
It’s like someone said “free whole apples, or $2/lb for sliced apples.”
And someone came, took all the whole apples, cut them, and sold them themselves.
- stavros 5mo agoSure, but presumably you can engage with the spirit of the analogy? Let's be pedantic, and say someone gave apples away in exchange for donations, and when everyone only got a few apples and donated, things are fine, but then someone decided they can just take all the apples and sell them elsewhere. Is it the fault of the first guy for not offering free apples any more, or is the second guy why we can't have nice things?
- paulddraper 5mo agoThe donation example tracks.
- sokoloff 5mo ago> but presumably you can engage with the spirit of the analogy? What you’re calling “the spirit of” the analogy, others are seeing as “the bias embedded in” the analogy and you seem annoyed that people aren’t accepting your proposed analogy as a valid analog to the topic under discussion. You think they’re changing the subject; others, including me, experience you as the one doing that.
- Chris2048 5mo agoWhy is an analogy needed? Just engage with what actually happened.