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Re:Starbucks' music is driving employees nuts by rdiddly on Monday February 25, 2019 @10:23PM (#19251757)
They seem to have themselves confused with the internet, which is free. If I have to listen to ads, that means the gas is free.
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Re:Starbucks' music is driving employees nuts by Retra on Friday March 08, 2019 @07:16PM (#19343531)
Your customers payments for a service and other companies payments to deliver advertising material are completely independent processes. There's no reason to choose only one when you can choose both.
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Re:Starbucks' music is driving employees nuts by zbentley on Monday February 25, 2019 @11:18PM (#19251941)
> They seem to have themselves confused with the internet, which is free.

"Free"

> If I have to listen to ads, that means the gas is free.

"Free"

Two subtly different but related (and debatable) definitions of the term.

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