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Originally Posted by Katsunami
True. In his case, he sees a library loan as a lost sale. But who could guarantee him that a person had bought the book if encountered in a bookstore? Instead of seeing loans as lost sales, he could see them as extra income *and* free promotion.
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Well, they probably are a lost sale for him. It's just the price he has to pay for civilization.
I pay, through property taxes, about $200 a year for my local library. This is a good deal for me, but probably 50% of the people who pay that much don't use the library at all, and a good chunk of the people who do use the library probably aren't getting their $200 worth. But that's how taxes work - I also pay thousands a year in taxes for schools I don't use; presumably someone's kids are getting their money's worth.
I think the issue is as simple as that, and he's probably gotten more attention for his actually fairly mundane complaint than it deserves.