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Re:Package managers keep using Git as a database, it never w... by esafak on Friday December 26, 2025 @02:55PM (#46395541)
1. If you can price the cost of the externality, you can justify optimizing it.

2. Monopolies and situations with the principal/agent dilemma are less sensitive to such concerns.

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Re:Package managers keep using Git as a database, it never w... by bawolff on Friday December 26, 2025 @03:58PM (#46396181)
> 1. If you can price the cost of the externality, you can justify optimizing it.

An externality is usually a cost you don't pay (or pay only a negligible amount of). I don't see how pricing it helps justify optimizing it.

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Re:Package managers keep using Git as a database, it never w... by esafak on Friday December 26, 2025 @04:55PM (#46396736)
You are right. I should say perceived externality; there may be a price that is discounted.
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