Why isn't Microsoft Office free?Apple gives away their equivalent software for free.Mark Harrison, IT Consultant, once and future CTOWritten Nov 24, 2015Consider the two options.
- Coffee - $5 a cup.
- Coffee - Free with every $100 of gasoline.
If you sell petrol, and want to give away stuff to make people buy your petrol rather than someone else's, then you can offer "free coffee."
If you run a coffee shop that doesn't sell petrol, you probably want to charge for your coffee.