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Re:DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome by bigstrat2003 on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @04:13AM (#42181404)
> Just because you extract the price from your users in a different denomination/method than ordinary dollars, doesn't mean it's 'free'

That is, in fact, what it means. "Free" (in the transaction sense) means you didn't pay money for it. Just because Krispy Kreme hopes you buy some donuts while you're in the store doesn't make the loss leader donut not free. Just because Google gets something other than money from the deal doesn't mean that the product isn't free.

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Re:DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome by error_logic on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @08:17AM (#42183075)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratis_versus_libre

I know you specified in the transaction sense but it's almost never a one-off interaction. The ecosystem and repeated interactions shape things.

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