If the Hog may wade in here in a small way ...
The Hog suspects surfersteve is 30-40 years old with a technical background and sees technology as increasingly akin to oxygen and water in the sense that technology invariably becomes commoditised and this combined with economies of scale and competition results in a lower or very marginal cost.
An example would be broadband and internet performance, or raw processing power (thanks, Mr Moore).
Surfersteve probably has a bit of an altruistic bent, too. He's a fan of technology breaking down barriers and overcoming/disrupting inefficient or closed monopolies or sewn-up markets.
However, he may not appreciate that everything has a more complex route to market than it may appear to observers. "Free" internet data is a way off from where we are now. Some would say always on the horizon, but never here.
Going out on a bit of a limb, but the Hog has been known to do this once in a while.
Apologies to surfersteve in advance if (where?) the Hog is off-target!
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