@sgryphon Paying / subsidizing for habit change is the typical way forward and that seems to be the case here

Prices can change later (after habits and practice of new-tech is formed, acceptance of it is important and post like yours to confirm it, Maybe...
The important first step is to make it accessible (usually finance despite other logic) and then transitioning totally to gain market capture.

Examples:
- Internet was suddenly free in India with a sim card (when internet was expensive almost unheard of there, no broadband etc but suddenly skims to mobile internet- how come?)

But also in many other things free is just a capture point...

Consider it like 'free water installation' in Africa for capturing waterpoints and villages thereafter.

- Personal example was I got a free mobile just by opening a bank account (my own experience as example - was a good strategy as people flocked to using / creating accounts)
(Just saying this examples so it's not just 'American' or 'African' examples of market/resource/people captures)

Many examples of free or incentivised introduction and then cashing in after via
- subsidizing (public taxes of course)
- top-down decisions what make it happen

This is more the reality I feel to cheat the idea anything is bad or same-same...

Helps move people on to something better (for government it helps).

Not claiming anything too anti- or *all is bad*, but *probably* more of the same-same historically of for more than price reasons.