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2025-07-02 22:01 UTC
@ariaflame@masto.ai Does the widespread access to libraries in Germany for as little as 10€ a year (gratis for kids) cause people not to buy books?
- "If everyone could get this for free, who would pay?"
Wrong question. The right question is: why do people pay for books even though they don’t have to?
Why did people pay for music between 2002 and 2007 when 30% of people could download everything?
And why did those who downloaded pay more?
https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2012/11/npd-data-on-p2p/
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@ariaflame@masto.ai 2025-07-03 05:04
@ArneBab@rollenspiel.social @nargacutie@dragonchat.org @ehasbrouck@urbanists.social @Yuvalne@433.world I can't check the wording of what I replied to. Apparently they disliked it enough that they blocked me. As I remember it was something along the lines of books should be free. And you know, if there was a UBI for everyone so that people didn't need to rely on doing something for income then it might be.