Like many small, progressive sw companies, Opera may just be overestimating our capacity for logic. Yes, most people won't pay money for "great" when "good" is free, because most people lack the most basic grasp of logic when it comes to valuing their own time.
People refuse to pay for a highly efficient and configurable (i.e., highly time-saving) browser for the same reason that people waste countless human-hours fighting with their virus-infested, crash-prone Windows machines and still persist in believing Macs are "more expensive" than PCs.
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Like many small, progressive sw companies, Opera may just be overestimating our capacity for logic. Yes, most people won't pay money for "great" when "good" is free, because most people lack the most basic grasp of logic when it comes to valuing their own time. People refuse to pay for a highly efficient and configurable (i.e., highly time-saving) browser for the same reason that people waste countless human-hours fighting with their virus-infested, crash-prone Windows machines and still persist in believing Macs are "more expensive" than PCs.