• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldOP
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    16 days ago

    Isn’t 0.4% of a gigantic city’s budget for just library services really fuckin expensive?

    No. You’re talking about something on the order of $3-5 / resident / year. That’s significantly less than residents spend on Netflix - $192 / resident / year - by comparison. And they get access to physical space and materials, rather than having to source their own hardware to access the service.