GP here. You're right about the relative unimportance of the side point. However, the main point is not a prescriptive argument that the product _should_ be fr

GP here. You're right about the relative unimportance of the side point. However, the main point is not a prescriptive argument that the product _should_ be free, but rather a descriptive argument that the product _is_ free. I claim the market doesn't care about the cost of production, but rather only about supply and demand, when setting prices.