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"I’m seriously questioning the idea that all content on the web ought to be free." It shouldn't, and it isn't. But free and good enough is going to beat any c
by carsongross 11y ago
"I’m seriously questioning the idea that all content on the web ought to be free."
It shouldn't, and it isn't. But free and good enough is going to beat any cost and better by any amount for most people most of the time.
"The expectation that everything online is free is an entitlement, an unearned privilege, on the part of consumers. There’s nothing inevitable about it."
Looking at the huge, swollen, abusive and sclerotic layers of our entertainment, publishing and news industries, I do see quite a bit of entitlement, but not on the side of consumers.
- iolothebard 11y agoSo charge for it. I don't see what the big deal is. I've built a good amount of software. I never did any of it for free, although it's why I've never came up with anything like Facebook, etc. I could never figure out how the 'magic' of making money off ads worked. Google's makes sense, pr0n websites to an extent. Everything else is largely not worth it or fighting in a world where everyone else gives it away for free (news, etc.).