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Re:NYC subway and bus services have entered 'death spiral', ... by iknowstuff on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @05:54PM (#18498620)
Ahh those extrapolations. Just like MPAA and their piracy spiel. Multiply 22`000 * 365 days * $3 and you get their $25M. Except a lot of those people simply would never pay the actual fare and the cost of moving additional weight is negligible, so the number is way inflated.
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Re:NYC subway and bus services have entered 'death spiral', ... by chipotle_coyote on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @12:55PM (#18504566)
You're comparing people who pirate media that they'd never have actually bought to... people who take BART trips for free that they've never have taken otherwise? You're going to have to work harder to make this comparison work for me, sorry.
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Re:NYC subway and bus services have entered 'death spiral', ... by lwf on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @07:45PM (#18499261)
They wouldn't pay the full fare anyways? Would they... take cheaper transportation?
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