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by nkrisc 1032 days ago
> the marginal cost of letting the poor view it is basically nothing.

That’s why all kinds of products today with nearly zero marginal cost are free?

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Yup.

I'm old enough to remember when operating systems cost money[0].

And compliers. And encyclopaedias. And maps.

I've got too much good zero-cost audio and video content to get through, even at double speed.

[0] MacOS 8, I don't remember what I spent on it (UK), but wikipedia says it cost $99 in the US when it came out in 1997. Inflation adjusted, $188.56 today.