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"People got used to free shit and stopped paying as much." "Your claim is poorly supported." "Well it came from a book. Check it out if you're interested." "
by kyboren 2mo ago
"People got used to free shit and stopped paying as much."
"Your claim is poorly supported."
"Well it came from a book. Check it out if you're interested."
"What? It's not free? Hell no I won't pay!"
- lamonade 2mo ago(anecdotally) proving their point that pay walling something doesn't mean people will pay for it. Buying the book would have been hypocritical.
- jake200 2mo agoThis whole thread does have me questioning my understanding of cited sources behind paywalls. A contrived example I have in my head "My friend has more definitive proof in HIS book that <claim>, it only costs $1 trillion. Go read it yourself." For this particular thread its a bit disingenuous, but in a general case how does one go about understanding / disproving arguments made like this?
- bean469 2mo agoYou decide whether or not the benefits from you obtaining the information outweigh the cost of obtaining the information. Or you convince Elon Musk to buy the book and leak the EPUB on twitter
- bean469 2mo ago> "Well it came from a book. Check it out if you're interested." > "What? It's not free? Hell no I won't pay!" I am also sceptical that my burning questions will be answered in the book, thus I choose to not buy it. Also, the Goodreads reviews don't look too good