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I hope they know what they're doing, because that post was extremely vague. I guess downsizing gives them more runway to pivot. The obvious alternative to adve
by disordinary 10y ago
I hope they know what they're doing, because that post was extremely vague. I guess downsizing gives them more runway to pivot.
The obvious alternative to advertising is micropayments, either behind a paywall or on a donation basis - similar to what Brave is trying to do. The problem is our habits as consumers are so deeply ingrained to expect content as free it's going to be a huge uphill battle if that's what they're thinking.
- WA 10y agoCould also be a huge pile of money that gets distributed to writers based on words read or something like that. Just like Amazon's KDP Select Global Fund. Although I guess on Medium, this would result in even more click-baity shallow articles, which doesn't seem aligned with the mission to make people smarter every day.