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>> "But it'll lead to the collapse of podcast publishing". There's money and there's money. If one cool website gets money thanks to painful invasive advertis
by wiz21c 8y ago
>> "But it'll lead to the collapse of podcast publishing".
There's money and there's money.
If one cool website gets money thanks to painful invasive advertising, I call that bad money. I'm paying them using bad money. They've chosen that I deserve that mean to pay them. Not very respectful, but I'm ok with it since I read it.
If on the other they ask me a few bucks to access them, that's good money. They basically do me a favor. The favor to have a choice : is that site so good I'm willing to pay ? 30 years ago, I was spending say 6-7 euros a month to buy magazines, so it was possible to make content interesting enough for me to pay. And it wasn't dark ages, I had some very interesting information (Dr. Dobb's, Edge, Byte...)
- AnaniasAnanas 8y agoLast time that I brought a (local) technology magazine it was filled with ads. Paying for content and ads are not exclusive.
- dest 8y agoIt's a pity in my opinion. But I understand magazine business is hard and you cannot give an alternative ad free format, more expensive, in kiosks.
- hopler 8y agoIf ads are a valid funding model and payment is a valid model, why wouldn't both together be valid? What matters is the total price, now how it is broken down.
- dest 8y agoHere is a gross example to make my point. Imagine, when buying your groceries, you had to pay half cash, half by prostituting yourself. Nobody would want that. Though, prostitution is a valid funding model, as sex workers earn a living with it. To extend the metaphor, I see advertising as some kind of prostitution for my brain. I do not want that for my brain.