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by Cenk 4490 days ago
Disgraceful.

One of the providers, web.de, also sends it’s users emails with advertisements which cannot be disabled or marked as spam.

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Except for Wikipedia...
TANSTAAFL doesn't require all beneficiaries to pay, just that someone must.
Yes, and therefore, as a Wikipedia contributor I've paid for other's "lunch". I feel they owe me nothing, so from their perspective that "lunch" was free.
That's not really what TANSTAAFL means. It's about opportunity cost and externalities, not bait and switch tactics.