Practically unheard of a generation ago, the discounts have become a routine part of many businesses—as common as color televisions in motel rooms and free coffee on airliners.

上一代人几乎闻所未闻的打折已经成为许多企业的惯用手段——就像汽车旅馆房间里的彩电和航班上的免费咖啡一样普遍。

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Practically, Amazon charges like running free software on their hardware, the customers still having to pay to Microsoft yearly as part of their license program.

事实上，Amazon只负责在其硬件上运行免费的软件，客户仍旧需要每年向微软支付许可费用。

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In 2008, email accounts are free to users, and popular services like Gmail and Yahoo! Mail offer practically unlimited storage that increases faster than mailboxes fill up with content.

在2008年的时候，电子邮件帐号对用户使免费的，而诸如gmail和雅虎邮箱之类的大众化服务实际上提供的存储空间的增长速度要远快于邮箱邮件的填充速度，实际上也相当是提供了无限容量的邮箱。

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Over the last decade, the Internet made it practically free to distribute software.

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But in many cases, the content will go fugitive and the rules will be simpler: Enjoy it yourself, and it's practically free.

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By contrast, the new approach is instantaneous and practically free in terms of infrastructure - because the information the system uses comes from mobile phone and sat-nav device users directly.

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