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Given that news outlets are struggling to stay alive, I think we are likely to see few alternatives spring up. If a paper needs a marginal $8/subscriber to stay
by Matticus_Rex 8y ago
Given that news outlets are struggling to stay alive, I think we are likely to see few alternatives spring up. If a paper needs a marginal $8/subscriber to stay afloat, and they make $2.50/user from tracking/etc, we likely see a model where subscriptions cost $6 with tracking and $9 without. Obviously we don't know the exact numbers, but this is hardly inconceivable -- we know for a fact these companies are mostly losing money as it is.
- tjoff 8y agoWith decent alternatives I meant alternatives to ads+tracking, which obviously isn't working out despite ruining the internet. Few people would accept ads if they could pay the pennies that could ever be hoped to be extracted from ad exposure. The cost to the user are substantially worse than the gains at the other end.