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Re:Roc Camera by fsloth on Friday October 24, 2025 @03:37AM (#45691940)
"Finding a way to correct for this is a really big deal."

But aren't you now feeding back to the system? Why would there need to be a financial reward and incentive for everything?

I do realize "contributing free value" is perceived by some as free value a third party can capture and financially profit from" which might the reason for thinking of how to then cycle some of that value back?

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Re:Roc Camera by grumpy-de-sre on Friday October 24, 2025 @04:18AM (#45692199)
Thinking about the three examples I gave, I think it's more that the externalities of not doing these activities aren't priced in.

Tabloid press is fantastically profitable, but fake news over time will erode a great deal of social trust.

Closed source software might be individually advantageous but collectively holds back industrial progress. It's a similar reason to why patents were first introduced for physical goods.

And yes people voluntarily without kids should have to pay significantly more social contributions.

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