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Re:DRM says no water for you by HWR_14 on Friday July 30, 2021 @05:20AM (#28006063)
In the US, free soda refills are common. So are free (small) waters.

McDonalds or a real restaurant, you probably get free refills if it comes from a "fountain" (on tap soda as opposed to a bottle or can).

As other people have said, it's pretty cheap for a business. And expected, so they look cheap if they don't.

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Re:DRM says no water for you by yourenotsmart on Friday July 30, 2021 @05:30AM (#28006132)
It's pretty cheap. Until everyone is just getting free refills, including non-paying customers, and suddenly you need RFID chips on your cups.

These "free T-shirt" kind of schemes have always the same loophole. They rely on people acting "within measure" naturally due to social norms. Those fall apart quickly when the alternative is infinite free stuff.

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