Remix.run Logo
louthy 5 days ago

> There's a subtle difference between using something for 5 hours per day vs causing the heat death of the universe.

Replace 'heat death of the universe' with 'the available funds of the organisation'. Nobody should be so naive to think that any 'unlimited' service is unlimited in the same way as there's an unlimited set of natural-numbers, or any other mathematically pure meaning. There are plenty of words where the precise meaning isn't used any more ('myriad' is one that jumps to mind right now, nobody uses it to mean 10,000 any more).

I'm sure if there was a word that meant: "effectively unlimited for the majority, but there's a limit for the extreme outliers" I'm sure it would be used as an alternative, I don't know of one?

I agree that the absolute upper-limits should be upfront. So the local definition of 'unlimited' is clear. I believe that's what Kagi is moving toward, if I'm reading FAQ correctly.

ipaddr 4 days ago | parent [-]

If no one can offer unlimited then it shouldn't legally be able to make that claim. It's like putting cures cancer on your bread loaf and then changing the terms to say curing cancer means eating wheat; everyone should know it's a lie but it raises sales anyways.

louthy 4 days ago | parent [-]

What about words like ‘Ultimate’ or other commonly used branding words. Are you saying that no words except exact literal definitions must be used on all branding?

I hate to break it to you, but I think the cat is well and truly out of the bag on that one!

ipaddr 4 days ago | parent [-]

Ultimate is a fair term as with most branding terms. Unlimited is a lie, ultimate separate offerings between basic and standard.

You can't say you get 10 apples for a dollar and only give 9. You can say best, ultimate Apples because they are not quantifiable.

4 days ago | parent [-]
[deleted]