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Your comparison is unfair, given that new web apps are being created/updated (but also abandoned) constantly, and this requires work. Mattresses have been invented long ago, and can be mostly produced by robots. Mattresses should be a commodity, and be priced accordingly.

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Each new mattress has to be actually produced. It requires work funnily enough.

A web page only needs to be coded once.

> Each new mattress has to be actually produced. It requires work funnily enough.

But that is work in the sense of energy, if robots are being used for production.

EDIT: Changed phrasing, to not distract from the actual argument.

If there is a comparison that is unfair, it's the one you just made between physical and mental work.

The people benefiting from this scam are not the ones doing the actual physical work.

I could say the same thing about webapps and mental work.

This is like the pot calling the kettle black.

I believe it is also like someone being snarky.

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