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But the cost of the GPS system does not increase with the number of users and it has to be deployed anyway for military reasons. There's no point in charging us
by quonn 12y ago
But the cost of the GPS system does not increase with the number of users and it has to be deployed anyway for military reasons. There's no point in charging users.
- wutbrodo 12y agoWell there's a couple things here: 1) I intentionally broadened my point to all the technologies mentioned in the article as opposed to just GPS, which was the example you used in your comment. I figured that the broader point was the more interested and more relevant one than that of GPS alone. 2) Less importantly: GPS has characteristics like that which makes it easier to give away for free. However, something having a high fixed cost and then lower on-going cost doesn't mean "there's no point" in charging: it helps defray the initial cost. There are many things that fall into this category (like drug research).