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It's been proven over and over again that people won't pay for content that gets successfully monetised with advertising. You only have to see the howling ever
by dageshi 8y ago
It's been proven over and over again that people won't pay for content that gets successfully monetised with advertising.
You only have to see the howling every time someone posts a subscription only newspaper link on HN to see how vehemently opposed people are to paying for stuff like news.
- themacguffinman 8y agoSo that means consumers have chosen to forgo their privacy to avoid paying money for content. Why can't I make that choice myself?
- dageshi 8y agoWhy doesn't MC Donalds sell pizza? (I know they did at some point and gave it up). Because their customers don't want it, or at least not enough of them do.
- rhizome 8y ago"Subscribe or fuck off" is a stupid business model when it costs practically nothing to implement multiple revenue streams. This is such an obvious point.