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The web became an unusable place when people who wrote for print media and had mortgages to pay started putting their content online. People wanted to read the
by jrockway 7y ago
The web became an unusable place when people who wrote for print media and had mortgages to pay started putting their content online. People wanted to read their stuff, and they wanted money, but people wouldn't pay them directly to read their stuff. So they got sponsors who pay them to write the articles, and those sponsors want you to look at ads.
- WhyNotHugo 7y ago> people wouldn't pay them directly to read their stuff Has this actually been tested? How many blogs have a "drop $0.10" button at the end of the article or anything alike? I wouldn't mind paying for good content, but it seems that companies would rather try to track users than aspire to just get money.