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"strangely", the quote: Two myths currently limit our collective imagination: the myth that advertising is the only possible business model for
by cat199 9y ago
"strangely", the quote:
Two myths currently limit our collective imagination: the myth
that advertising is the only possible business model for
online companies, and the myth that it’s too late to change
the way platforms operate. On both points, we need to be a
little more creative.
from the actual letter was not mentioned or highlighted, merely the point about regulatory frameworks..
- nothrabannosir 9y agoReadable copy for mobile users: Two myths currently limit our collective imagination: the myth that advertising is the only possible business model for online companies, and the myth that it’s too late to change the way platforms operate. On both points, we need to be a little more creative.
- mlinksva 9y agoOr we could just do the straightforward thing: tax ads.
- UncleEntity 9y agoNot seeing how this would stop a state-level actor intent on engaging in a disinformation campaign, they'd just have their proxies pay the tax.
- ucaetano 9y agoAds are taxed already.
- bpicolo 9y agoIt's clearly not the only business model, it's just been proven time and time again to be a profitable one for certain classes of products.
- zaphar 9y agoYou can make an argument that it's the only one that succeeds when pitted against the other models in the market. Micropayments have been tried and haven't yet succeeded at the necessary scale. Paywalls have had only very limited success. Ads are the only thing we've so far found that can scale a site to the level of Google or Facebook. This is both a problem and an opportunity.
- 908087 9y ago> Ads are the only thing we've so far found that can scale a site to the level of Google or Facebook. That sounds like an argument against the ad model, not for it.