The writer imposes the cost of attention on the reader, just as the barista imposes a cost of money onto the customer. These costs aren't the same but is not sufficient to brush that analogy off with, "Well, they are a paying customer!" There are more ways to pay than with money. There is still some level of duty a writer has not to defraud their reader, commensurate with this cost the writer imposes.
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The writer imposes the cost of attention on the reader, just as the barista imposes a cost of money onto the customer. These costs aren't the same but is not sufficient to brush that analogy off with, "Well, they are a paying customer!" There are more ways to pay than with money. There is still some level of duty a writer has not to defraud their reader, commensurate with this cost the writer imposes.
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