cross-subsidisation

And then we've got the university internal-cross-subsidisation structure between degrees, as well as the full-fee paying structures for immigrants/externals.

If we think about cross-subsidisation, then lots of multi-product sass offerings might fall under our scope.

Facts can't be copyrighted, opinion is available for free, cross-subsidisation is no longer viable, and across the developed world the newspaper reading population is trending down.

That said, cross-subsidisation has economic benefits, so it's not clear-cut.

Given this sort of behaviour it's not clear that there's any sustainable way to fund core Java development, other than indefinite cross-subsidisation by other revenue lines.

If this cross-subsidisation is removed, then people in poorer countries will pay more and people in richer countries will pay less to send stuff to each other.

In other words, advertising revenue is largely hot air circulating inside the bubble, and VC capital and cross-subsidisation from other areas pays to inject into the bubble.

It would eliminate a lot of the funding, but there would still be plenty of people willing to create things for free and other creators working on a patronage or cross-subsidisation model.

> Given this sort of behaviour it's not clear that there's any sustainable way to fund core Java development, other than indefinite cross-subsidisation by other revenue lines.

Cross-subsidisation can occur due to regulations or a company trying to monopolise a market.