"Do you want to put the kid on a waiting list to borrow the ebook to *punish* them for not having money" No, but I can't tell whether they're borrowing the book because they CAN'T pay or they DON'T WANT to pay The waiting list is just the easiest way to filter out the latter
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The way people would frame this if they were serious about this being about the poor having a right to enjoy art is that it's price discrimination, it's doing you a favor
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The argument that it SHOULD be free, the NATURAL price for all information is zero, you can't MAKE me pay anything for it even if I'm the richest person in the world is massively destructive All by itself that attitude sabotages the pay-what-you-want price discrimination model
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After all you just gave them moral permission to pay zero It's not me putting it up for free as a favor to the fans, and saying "You have a moral obligation to pay what you can" It's me doing my ETHICAL DUTY to release something that NATURALLY IS FREE
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And turns me from a laborer offering a sliding scale of payment to just a beggar asking you to give me money out of charity So people give less, often a lot less
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