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by ssl-3
676 days ago
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On the other hand: In a hypothetical world where I bought a car, and the next year the car company discovers that they can get even more fuel efficiency with a different piston, or they can improve crash safety with new airbag locations, and if these already-developed changes could somehow be implemented for no more cost than a bit of Internet bandwidth, then: I would be ABSOLUTELY LIVID if the car company extracted a tithing every time I used my car to make a delivery or a visited drive-through (or otherwise used my car for commerce). |
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They already do take that tithing, in the form of the amortized cost of the car over those transactions. Admittedly the amortized cost of your car doesn't scale with your transaction volume or income (baring extra wear and tear concerns) but – as long as we're torturing analogies to death – you also can't buy your car on a "no up front costs and no costs at all to try it out for yourself and a flat $100 / year as long as you don't make money with your car and 15% on revenue if you do" lease agreement.