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Most of the best content on the Internet was created by volunteers, for free, in my experience. The rise of ad-funded content has done more harm than good, over
by ashark 10y ago
Most of the best content on the Internet was created by volunteers, for free, in my experience. The rise of ad-funded content has done more harm than good, overall.
- Alupis 10y ago> Most of the best content on the Internet was created by volunteers, for free What content is that? It costs money to host/serve that content at the very minimum. If it's videos like youtube, etc.. .the content creators absolutely get paid. Most people's blogs have ads to help offset hosting costs. There might be a few select examples - but in general, somebody's got to pay the bills.
- Retra 10y agoHow many HN posters do you think are paid to comment here?
- Alupis 10y ago> How many HN posters do you think are paid to comment here? How many articles that HN posters discuss were written for free, have no ads on the site/blog, nor are behind a paywall, nor have some ulterior motive for the content (recognition, advertising/promotion, etc)?
- ocdtrekkie 10y agoI don't disagree, but a lot of content we enjoy costs more money to produce and host than volunteers can afford. Especially high bandwidth content like video.