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Re:Show HN: A guide to all HTML5 elements and attributes by cyborgx7 on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @10:32AM (#13644143)
If I'm supposed to let them sell my privacy and attention, I wouldn't really call it free. Money isn't the only thing of value I can give to a website.
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Re:Show HN: A guide to all HTML5 elements and attributes by recursive on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @12:16PM (#13645135)
Free means you don't have to give them money to use it. If you use a different definition, you will often be confused.
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Re:Show HN: A guide to all HTML5 elements and attributes by mcbits on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @01:39PM (#13645929)
It's the voluntary nature of the payment and whether the cost is tangible to you that determine what is free, not the currency used. Substitute "your FBI file" for your ad network profile and "compute time on your Amazon instance" for JavaScript time in your browser to make this clearer.
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Re:Show HN: A guide to all HTML5 elements and attributes by nathancahill on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @02:44PM (#13646495)
Tell me more about this Silicon Valley place where everything is magically free?
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Re:Show HN: A guide to all HTML5 elements and attributes by mcbits on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @03:08PM (#13646668)
I'll have to defer to someone who actually makes that claim.
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Re:Show HN: A guide to all HTML5 elements and attributes by jeshan25 on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @02:08AM (#13650272)
Decide for yourself, either use it or don't.
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