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I can't put my finger on it but this has a sort of Dickensian quality to me.

I think this says something kind of profound about information and capitalism and whatnot.

No, it hasn't. Technology just wasn't there back then which caused significant cost per time unit, which makes it only fair to charge per time unit.

Yeah. In the dialup days, layer 1 and 2 of a home internet connection was a long-running phone call between your own modem and a modem of an ISP. You payed via your phone bill, for the duration of the call.

It says scarce resources are pricier. Welcome to the real world!

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