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I fear this too. First they try to make HTTP impossible to use (nag pop up) to limit the websites, then they try to introduce pay-per-view model and subscripti
by frik 9y ago
I fear this too.
First they try to make HTTP impossible to use (nag pop up) to limit the websites, then they try to introduce pay-per-view model and subscription model.
Welcome back to the pre-1999 AOL/MicrosoftNetwork/Compuserve/BTX/Minitel/etc - closed networks where pay-per-page-view was prevailing - then the free open WWW won, supported by advertising.
The good thing, it only takes other websites that provide the same or comparable content for free.
- askvictor 9y agoQuality content costs money. How do you propose paying journalists to investigate and write? It's either ads, payments of some sort (micro or subscription) or state-sponsored media. My original comment was not out of fear, quite the opposite.