Re:Short sellers are good for markets
by stephengillie on Saturday October 13, 2018 @12:54PM
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Why should a a highly-paid engineer spend a few dollars, when they can spend the time-equivalent of dozens of dollars to not pay?
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I'd pay some tiny amount for a single article, but I don't want a full subscription if I don't read the Economist otherwise. Also, I don't want dozens of subscriptions for different sites.
I'd like a system when some tiny amount would be deducted automatically from my account every time I read an article on different sites.
> I'd like a system when some tiny amount would be deducted automatically from my account every time I read an article on different sites.
Figure out how to make that work in the market and you can be a _very_ highly-paid engineer.
Re:Short sellers are good for markets
by stephengillie on Saturday October 13, 2018 @03:23PM
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This sounds like the same situation as the music industry, bundling in an album 12 songs you don't want, along with the 2 you do want.
Or newspapers, where you pay for the 4 sections you won't read, along with the 2 you do read. Or streaming services, paying for the thousands of shows you won't watch, along with the dozen you do watch.