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Re:New York City Neighbors Build Cheaper Way to Connect to Web by dpatru on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @04:19AM (#20632844)
> It is quite shameless, here is an awesome volunteer run basic service project, and this is a Blockchain rent-seeking VC startup.

You're implying that there is something shameful with providing a market for connectivity which allows for people who can't afford to work for free to participate. What is shameful about this?

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Re:New York City Neighbors Build Cheaper Way to Connect to Web by robert_foss on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @04:53AM (#20632985)
Taking attention from a free community project to market your for profit company certainly isn't a purely altruistic thing to do.
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Re:New York City Neighbors Build Cheaper Way to Connect to Web by Matticus_Rex on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @11:24AM (#20635551)
Taking attention? I have enough attention for both. Who cares if it isn't altruistic? 99.9% of human interaction isn't, and most of it is positive.
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Re:New York City Neighbors Build Cheaper Way to Connect to Web by strider12 on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @10:32AM (#20635010)
theres still a monthly fee for free. weird right.
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