Notice how everything which is technically "too cheap to meter" <i>gets metered anyway.</i> Text messages, ring tones, etc. are all examples of products with a cost of production approaching zero, which consumers are charged for simply because it is possible to do so.
> This is the power of waste. When scarce resources become abundant, smart people treat them differently, exploiting them rather than conserving them. It feels wrong, but done right it can change the world.<p>Try calling it <i>experimentation</i> or <i>play</i>. This dramatic word usage reminds me of how programmers are supposedly "lazy", when we are actually just being <i>efficient</i> by amortizing our development costs.