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That's like saying commenting on YCombinator is not free because the hosting is paid for by someone.
by nawitus 13y ago
That's like saying commenting on YCombinator is not free because the hosting is paid for by someone.
- protomyth 13y agoYCombinator clearly believes paying for the servers and bandwidth is beneficial. Commenting is not free, its just paid for by someone else. The buses are already paid for (in part) by taxpayers. So, neither is free. Someone pays.
- _delirium 13y agoThat is the meaning of the word "free", though: no charge for the exchange. A store gives a "free sample" of cheese, for example, when they offer pieces of cheese to customers without charging them. The Dropbox "free tier" gives you a certain amount of storage space "for free", i.e. without you having to pay a fee. It does not imply that the cheese or the storage space materialized out of thin air without using anyone's resources.