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Raw Date: Mon, 13 Feb 95 13:58:18 PST
From: root <root@einstein.ssz.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 95 13:58:18 PST
To: roy@cybrspc.mn.org
Subject: Re: bill alert...
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> > Then you would have no users. Users resent being made to do anything they
> > don't want to do. If they decide it is worth it they will do it, otherwise
> > they go elsewhere.
>
> Some will leave. Some (one might argue the ones with any basic
> intelligence) will stay. Sure, many users resent being herded. But the
> ones that stick around will be of a higher calibre.
>
> Think of it as evolution in action.
>
I see it as going broke in action...the majority of your users will leave.
Then exactly how do you pay the bills?
This singlemindedness is unworkable in the real world. One of the whole ideas
that I am concerned with regarding crypto is to have people STOP telling me
what to do. Why would I want to become what I hate?
Take care.
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