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Regarding payment processing etc -- the Xanadu proposal dates from the mid-20th century so it includes a quaint assumption from that era: people expect to be p
by jonjacky 9y ago
Regarding payment processing etc -- the Xanadu proposal dates from the mid-20th century so it includes a quaint assumption from that era: people expect to be paid for the work they do. What, people are supposed to spend hours typing at a computer for no payment in order to make some billionaire even richer? Who would do that? It's nuts.
- occultist_throw 9y agoNo, it's because the rest of us trying to monetize content would be drowned out by the advertisers and scammers and such. Yeah, we'd make our fistful of dollar bills, and simultaneously owing 5 to 10x that. At least for the most part, getting hit with malware just means bitcoin miners, DDoS, adverts, or the like. If we were in Xanadu-Universe, then malware would be real cash.