1. IOTA say that the free transaction DAG is not only possible, but launching "soon". Could IOTA really be "non-vaporware"?
Iota doesn't have free transactions. The payer has to include proof-of-work. Proof-of-work costs some electricity and/or CPU resources. Also the centralized servers
oftenmay need to resubmit the payer's transaction with new PoW, as admitted by Come-from-Beyond in our discussions in the Decentralization thread. They will not do this PoW for free forever. Iota can I guess afford to subsidize these servers for the meantime to give the illusion you desire.
But sorry the correct answer is there will be never be transactions without a fee. The fee will always be charged indirectly if not directly, e.g. Facebook is free to use, but you get bombarded by ads to pay for it.
so when we say free we mean no money
you don't have to pay money for IOTA
you don't have to pay money for FACEBOOK
thanks and I will not be fearful to correct you or point out bias and that being said I still learn a lot from you and read your arrogant post because they are FREE. but now that I think of it in your context im starting to get the point you make of having to pay one way or another ha ha