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Re:Anthropic Capitalism and the New Gimmick Economy by tamana on Friday April 22, 2016 @11:45AM (#11550029)
DNS could easily become excludable, if it limited service by IP/MAC address. Most people get DNS from their ISP, for example.
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Re:Anthropic Capitalism and the New Gimmick Economy by winfred on Friday April 22, 2016 @11:03PM (#11553938)
Yeah to be honest, I considered that myself as well, if we take that approach then 100% of internet services do not qualify as public goods (and never will), since it's always possible to limit the service in such a manner.
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