Ahahaha

Huh, I guess sometimes LJ employees get tired of hearing people complain about the Best Buy ads: although "how is it not?" is rather cryptic.

So as not to make this post completely worthless, here, have some links:
http://futurismic.com/2009/06/29/culture-wars-authors-social-media-and-the-tribes-of-entitlement/

http://asiajin.com/blog/2009/09/22/in-japan-freemium-works-nico-nico-douga-paid-member-user-base-passes-500k/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/27/AR2008072701440.html?sub=AR

http://www.metafilter.com/87781/Steal-This-Book