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> then why do people still upload their content? That makes no sense to me at all. Why do websites exist that don’t have ads? Why do people have personal websi
by baddox 7y ago
> then why do people still upload their content? That makes no sense to me at all.
Why do websites exist that don’t have ads? Why do people have personal websites and blogs? Perhaps it is, in fact, physically possible for a website to exist without serving third-party JavaScript ads.
- 18pfsmt 7y ago> Perhaps it is, in fact, physically possible for a website to exist without serving third-party JavaScript ads. This was never in dispute. If a website owner chooses to do so, it is their own choice.
- yoz-y 7y agoNobody disputes that. But then there is website and website.
- okr 7y agoDefinitly. And hosting is very cheap. But i would argue, that if you were a band or a big company like disney, and suddenly you have millions of people interested in your stuff, because you have a new release or constant demand, that you then must have some kind of model, that pays for it all. Who can do this with their own pockets? Ah. I see for example netflix. And now it splits up into many sites again, who offer their own things. The technology is now there, maybe it becomes more and more a commodity, organizing payment is easy, maybe it all gets more diversified again. Does no one remember, how popular internet shops once were? But then amazon became way more convenient. Ah, iam ranting :>
- pessimizer 7y agoThere's a method of distribution called bittorrent that scales with popularity. If people love it, you don't have to pay to distribute it. If people want you to make more, they've shown themselves willing to send money even after they've consumed your product.