"The kitchen was slow" = the waiter gets stiffed, "the kitchen sent this out undercooked" = the waiter gets stiffed, "the portion is smaller than I thought it would be" = the waiter gets stiffed
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That's just the most obvious example based on the most obvious social stigma The people who consume porn obviously don't want it to cease to exist, and yet they act like they do Their behavior isn't "rational" But no one's is
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I'm running out of steam talking about this but there's so many examples of projects -- whole GENRES of projects -- going under because people are willing to pay for it, while being totally willing to pay for all kinds of shit they don't care about nearly as much
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This whole set of biases that makes no sense -- freeform podcasts are "worth more" than professionally edited writing, even if the latter takes objectively more hours to make
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I'm not saying this is a problem created by the "gift economy" and "tipped professions" rather than just being a general problem But if you take negotiating power away from the seller to the maximum degree -- they can't force you to pay anything at all -- it gets so much worse
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