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> Either advertise and make it free, or have a paywall subscription model. I don't understand this fundamentalism. Newspapers and magazines that charged subscr
by smacktoward 7y ago
> Either advertise and make it free, or have a paywall subscription model.
I don't understand this fundamentalism. Newspapers and magazines that charged subscription fees have also carried advertising for literally the entire modern history of newspapers and magazines. Why is it suddenly a Fundamental Rule that they can only do one or the other? Who made that decision?
- marcosdumay 7y agoWeb advertising is evil. If I'm paying someone, I won't accept they imposing it to me. Print advertising is merely annoying, and only to the extent that it's numerous. A bit of advertising in a printed media is even funny. As long as web advertisers don't stop being evil, both situations will keep being different.
- chc 7y agoThis is circular reasoning. You essentially answered the question "Why is it OK in one context and not in another?" with "Because it's OK in one context and not in the other." To break the circle: Why is web advertising categorically evil when print advertising isn't?
- JohnFen 7y agoMy answer to that question is simple: print advertising doesn't spy on me. Online advertising does.