alt Hacker NewsNo I don't, it sounded like an analogy - comparison of different things - you refuted that and doubled down on your stance. Why would I infer sarcasm?
> Increasing the cost from zero to nonzero is a limitation, not a cost adjustment.
That is nonsensical. "Increasing the cost ... is not a cost adjustment". It's not a limitation if you're willing to pay the new cost. Thus, not a direct limitation. It's optional based on how much you value the service. Doing the same to water/electric would just be increasing the rates and letting supply/demand economics take over, you are saying people need to be forced to use less without mentioning any cost adjustment... not clear if you know what a cost adjustment means.
Dude,
It's not an analogy as in, it's what's actually being proposed by some OP that's less invested in this than you are:
"we should remove the previously freely granted ability to use github actions because vibecoders are fucking shit up for other users" is the same thing as "we should appease the [edit: followers of the] machine god", which is the same thing as "we should give up water and power to the machine" and "we should build our websites to be more machine-friendly"
Now please apply the above to your second argument.
Water and power is optional, based on how much you value the service.
That is why you should have inferred sarcasm.
As for the step from zero to nonzero, it is relevant because the service stops being available to those without the means to make payment online, which I believe is the majority of the world by population (sorry, visa and mastercard are not particularly popular outside the western sphere of influence)