• lud@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    That goes without saying.

    It’s free for the end consumer and everyone knows that it is paid with taxes. So saying free is just easier.

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      1 year ago

      But the Libertarians always have to say it. Nevermind that anything free from a corporation is paid for though advertising, or selling your data, or folded into the item cost, or future purchases, so by this strict definition that “someone is paying for it” means literally nothing is ever free.

      It has to be said EVERY TIME someone mentions that public services are offered at no charge.