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The very incentive of web advertising has incentivized creation of massive knowledge content and created platforms to do so, for example Stackoverflow. To total
by srameshc 11y ago
The very incentive of web advertising has incentivized creation of massive knowledge content and created platforms to do so, for example Stackoverflow. To totally disregard it will be a bad decision and it would eventually drive everyone to pay per view/create way.
- hackuser 11y ago> it would eventually drive everyone to ... ... a new business model. I have no problem with that.
- srameshc 11y agoBut I have a problem with that. I don't want to live in a walled garden.
- oldmanjay 11y agoThen you are free to subject yourself to ads. If I don't feel I owe these companies a successful business model, then I certainly don't feel I owe you successful companies using that model.
- srameshc 11y agoAnd I am. I am rooting for the existing, the new and unknown who are adding value to the internet and who are helping give voices to many in the world.
- Nadya 11y agoAnd I don't want to shop at {Insert Store Here}. If other people's patronage is required to keep your favorite store open, that is none of their concern.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoI disagree. The will to push the programming industry forward is what created SO. Web advertising is what created all the sites that scrap and repackage content from SO.