Ultimately this is just mixing up definitions of &quot;value&quot; in disguise. It&#x27;s the reverse of assuming price is tied to some kind of intrinsic &quot;value&quot; of the good. Here, you&#x27;re assuming nothing can be free (in economical sense) because physics. But it&#x27;s not true. If you give stuff away no strings attached, it&#x27;s free, period.