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Originally Posted by thinkpadx
I agree, $25 for a lifetime membership is a fair price. Renting server space, bandwidth and coders doesn't come free. Nowadays it seems that most people are expecting each an every service on-line to be free. Well there's no such thing as a free lunch.
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When there is a choice between free and paid services, and the former satisfies all one's needs, then why not?
I have a notebook where I keep a list of all the books I read since 1980. A couple of years ago I digitalised all its content. So, now I have Excel and Word docs in addition to the notebook.
Goodreads offered a similar service with a few bells and whistles. Because it is free, I went for it. However, it is not a necessity. I don't have to have it. I can easily do without it. So why pay money?
Besides, I am sure Goodreads are not charity. Yes, they pay for the servers, traffic, codding. I would never believe it is paid out of somebody's personal pocket who works hard every day earning barely above minimum wages
