When you are unable to obtain a "free" copy of something, do y'all just give in and pay for the thing? Or just give up on having the thing altogether?

鳳凰院凶真 (Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works · edit-2 14 hours ago

When you are unable to obtain a "free" copy of something, do y'all just give in and pay for the thing? Or just give up on having the thing altogether?

Seefra 1@lemmy.zip · 8 hours ago

Give up. I refuse to pay for artificially scarce goods.

This same applies to public transport tickets, end up either staying home or walking for hours so I don’t have to pay for the damn tickets that should be free.

dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 hour ago

Why should public transport be free? There are energy and building costs

Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 59 minutes ago

Ask that the state that should back it and make it cheap.
Why should only the wealthy be able to move around??

鳳凰院凶真 (Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works · 1 hour ago

I mean most “free” stuff isn’t literally free, it would be more correct to say its socialized, tax-payer funded.

鳳凰院凶真 (Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works · 8 hours ago

public transport tickets

should be free

Coming soon, NYC ETA. 2026