• TotallynotJessica@lemmy.world
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    That’s still data that had to be transferred, requiring a non zero amount of energy and therefore money. Someone pays for it; probably you through internet and electrical bills. Even if you have “unlimited” data, there’s always a finite limit to transfer speed. You probably pay extra due to capitalism, but it would be a problem under any economic system. Innovation might lower prices, but the cost will never be zero.

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      1 year ago

      Nah I’m using government school wifi, so it’s taxes that we’d have to pay anyway

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          But taxes spend on school infrastructure is nice and certainly better than spending it on murdering brown people in the middle east.