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Re:An account is now required to read Reddit comment threads? by noir_lord on Friday December 13, 2019 @08:48AM (#21781451)
> Anything free that provides value is, in brute economic terms, mis-priced.

Damn, that's a good way to put it.

I assume value includes non tangibles, otherwise open source wouldn't work.

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Re:An account is now required to read Reddit comment threads? by coldpie on Friday December 13, 2019 @08:59AM (#21781524)
> otherwise open source wouldn't work

This is more a case of non-open-source software trying to force physical-world business models into a world where physicality has no meaning. Most open source development is paid for by paying for the work to be done. In other words, much open source software is not free; rather, it's already been paid for.

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