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>The web desperately needs a new financial model I don’t agree that the web needs any financial model at all. Content creators want a financial model and adver
by intopieces 8y ago
>The web desperately needs a new financial model
I don’t agree that the web needs any financial model at all. Content creators want a financial model and advertisers wants to continue to be in business, but neither of those desires indicates a “need” for a single financial model for the web.
- woodandsteel 8y agoNo, content creators don't want a financial model, they need one. If they don't get money from creating content they have to spend their time doing something else. And today they get that model from the centralized advertising model. Until someone comes up with a different financial model, that is where they will stay.
- intopieces 8y agoBefore the centralized advertising model, the web existed and had content. There are ways that people get paid without advertising, including donations and premium content subscriptions. The mother of a friend of mine lives in a low cost of living area and makes her entire living from writing gay BSDM anime fan fiction. She has more than 1k monthly subscribers, no ads. The web does not need attention merchants.