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		account42 25 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: California enacts law enabling people to universal... Those sites aren't free, you're just paying indirectly and an surcharge to pay for all the middlemen involved to make that happen.

nfw2 24 days ago [–]

This is just word games. I obviously mean I don't need to exchange legal tender to use the site.

account42 22 days ago | [–]

It's not word games. Pretending away the cost doesn't mean you don't pay it.

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