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by _a_a_a_ 894 days ago
Or you could buy it, that's what the site's for IIRC.
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I guess but it’s $127 for information I can read in its entirety for free already. I’m sure if they had a more nominal price around $10-20 they would get a lot more purchases. After all it’s really an aggregation of existing texts.
> I can read in its entirety for free already

then why consider paying?

To support a compilation effort? I just don’t think that effort is worth how much they’re charging for it.
I basically said 'why pay if it's free?', Not 'why not pay?'. It's free to read as you have stated, yet you want to own it, yet you don't want to pay any significant amount for it. I suspect that if they charged $10 for it you still wouldn't be happy.
I don’t want to “own” it. I want to reward the compiler. You suspect incorrectly.
Rare, and laudable. My apologies.