The cost to serve the page is a misleading number to use. You also have to factor in the cost to create the content, manage the service, etc.
I mean, by your argument, all digital goods should be free, since it never costs much to transmit the bits.
I mean, by your argument, all digital goods should be free, since it never costs much to transmit the bits.
The OC didn't consider the fact that you can have advertising without cookies/tracking/fingerprinting and just reduced it to absrudism by saying that the company would bear the brunt of the cost but even the cost of that single event is marginally insignificant, overall.
So, no, my argument was never about all digital goods being free. However, if we want to play the devil's advocate and utilise your reduction to absurdism: By your argument, shouldn't all digital goods be paid for...? For example, Ubuntu costs money to host and serve, yeah?