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Arguably if you are publishing content on the net you are giving it away. There are mechanisms to charge for it.

• hombre_fatal 7y ago
  > There are mechanisms to charge for it. Only above a certain price point. Our financial system nor our consumer culture support micropayments yet. This effectively limits the web properties that can charge users to a small fraction, so unfortunately "just charge money" isn't the widely-available solution I wish it was yet. Hell, it's more viable to charge users for your mobile client than the backing service. It's kind of the closest we have to micropayments in a way.
  • geggam 7y ago
    Then you dont have a sustainable business model. Why should I subsidize your failed model ?
    • buzzerbetrayed 7y ago
      Yet you somehow think charging content providers for using your computer when they give you free content isn’t a failed business model?
      • geggam 7y ago
        If someone gave you a set of unassembled Ikea stuff and you didn't know if you could use it until you assembled it. Who should pay for the assembly of the stuff ? Would you put it together for free just to decide ? Who pays for the used resources ?