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by dboreham 655 days ago
The whole idea that billing should be "a service" was a Jedi Mind Trick.
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There are industries where billing is a service for very good reasons: Telcos have been buying entire billing packages, paying a mint for them, for decades.

The issue is whether one needs a battleship sized, super flexible, yet expensive billing solution for much smaller problems.