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The free internet can be split into two groups, websites operated for non-commercial reasons and websites operated for commercial reasons. The group that opera
by belorn 7y ago
The free internet can be split into two groups, websites operated for non-commercial reasons and websites operated for commercial reasons.
The group that operate under commercial reasons can also be split into two groups, those whose primary revenue is from advertisement and those whose primary revenue is from non-advertisement sources. Hacker news for example belong to the later and gain revenue from investing.
To answer the question on how would the internet exist without the subgroup of people who operate website for the commercial reasons of advertisement is difficult as each of those groups also compete with each other, but we can be pretty sure that the other groups wound increase in size.
- jefftk 7y agoHN has ads: startups advertising for employees. But I don't know how YC thinks of the effect of HN.
- JetSpiegel 7y agoIt has ads, but those are not commercial. Only indirectly.
- jefftk 7y agoWhat do you mean that the ads aren't commercial?
- JetSpiegel 7y agoThe companies don't pay for the ads (that's my understanding). It's not dissimilar from an artist mentioning a patron. It's more an endorsement than an ad, it's not exactly the same thing as AdWords.