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Expect to pay

There’s a subtle fiat effect I see in people expecting Bitcoin-centric products and services to be free, or near-free

It comes from decades of free gmail, facebook, linkedin, google and so on, who provide “free” products and services because YOU ARE THE PRODUCT

Pretty much everything in Bitcoin at the moment is experimental; founders trying new business models, testing markets, finding “fit” (or not) .. and iterating 🔥

Business models and products that find market fit will quickly be validated by me-too variants: the ultimate validation .. and one which then drives prices down 😃

So when you look at new Bitcoin products and services, it’s important (imo) to understand the business model, and then understand if the value is worth the cost .. *to you*

If it’s not, move on, nothing to see - perhaps it’ll be of value to others whose needs are different

If you think this is unreasonable, perhaps it’s best you just fuck off back to Facebook and Google and continue to be harvested

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47 1y ago

💯

Brisket 1y ago

Value is subjective & your money has a bigger impact on your reality than any scribbles made at the ballot box.

Act selfishly & not from any sense of obligation. You owe nobody an explanation of where you allocate your time & resources or what you value.

Don't be the whining bitch, nobody wants to hear it.

talej 1y ago

Agreed

47 1y ago

i think the big kind of trick here is that many people genuinely believe a “free” option actually exists.

Once you recognise there are no free lunches, this gets much easier to parse.

After that you want to pay, because you realise one way or another you have to.

It’s either the voluntary, known payment, or the invisible unknown (and most likely predatory) payment.

Then becomes a very easy choice.

TallBrian 1y ago

Pay for what you use or get used by those who pay for it.