• circuitfarmer@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    We paid for the development of the internet. We contributed the content. Now we watch the yacht owners take advantage of both because regulators are asleep at the wheel owned by corporations.

    • General_Effort@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      You didn’t think people used the answers for non-profit FOSS projects only. So what has changed?

      Yeah, we paid for the development of the internet. We also paid for the building of roads and other infrastructure. We do and did that so that we would benefit from new and better services. That these services are provided by (for profit) corporations was always part of the plan.

      Yes, some people profit more than others. So it seems fair to me, that higher incomes should pay higher taxes. This is something that has changed.

      • tb_@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        also paid for the building of roads and other infrastructure.

        Except we don’t (generally) get charged again for using those roads once they have been built.

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          9 months ago

          WDYM? Who is charged again for what?

          Roads require constant maintenance, which is paid for through taxes. Obviously, we’re not charged for the building or maintenance of most roads.

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              9 months ago

              You can download one of the many free models and run it yourself. You’ll find that it costs you money for hardware and electricity.

              Data centers aren’t free and neither are scientists or engineers.

              • tb_@lemmy.world
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                9 months ago

                Yes, but Google isn’t exactly releasing their model for free now are they. And that’s what this article is about.

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                  9 months ago

                  The people in the data centers and the engineers and scientists don’t work for free. That’s what you consider “paying again”?

                  • tb_@lemmy.world
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                    9 months ago

                    We have already paid in time and knowledge:

                    When should we all expect to receive our check for the content we contributed to Stack Exchange?