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Originally Posted by ST-One
You'd actually have a point with your money-saving argument if you were being paid for your free/spare time. You are not.
If you have to re-purchase 20 books because you lost access to them then that is down to you own fault; you are spending money that you could have used for other things if you'd just taken a few moments to archive your book properly. |
We won't find much common ground here (and don't have to), but to conclude this:
"..your money-saving argument": You've mixed up arguments.
I never reasoned about "saving money". Exactly the opposite.
I've reasoned about how (or on which task) to spend my time.
"...if you were being paid for your free/spare time": Here's the difference in our perceptions. You're thinking in unit of times. I'm thinking in output/result.
Your result would be spending an hour or so on the PC. My result might be making a call, sending an email, driving to the cinema or restaurant, preparing a trip, ...