dot communism

Definition

The early-internet ideology that all digital content and services should be freely available to everyone, or at least subsidized by someone else willing to foot the bill. A utopian dream that helped kill the dot-com bubble.

Example Usage

The startup's business model was pure dot communism—they burned through millions assuming venture capital would fund free content forever.

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