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Cost of delivery has gone to near 0 when amortized, but this is more expensive than some of their dead tree subscriptions. I know paper isn't as expensive as s

by ericd 16y ago

Cost of delivery has gone to near 0 when amortized, but this is more expensive than some of their dead tree subscriptions. I know paper isn't as expensive as some might think, but most people see that as real value. By stripping that away and keeping the price the same, I think many people are going to feel ripped off by comparison.

donohoe 16y ago
Cost of delivery has gone to near 0 when amortized You're kidding? Feed services, hosting content is free? Lets also add in the developer salaries for this amazing electric free delivery system. I assure you it is not near 0.
- ericd 16y ago
  Heh I'm aware that devs aren't free, being one myself, but a few devs can create a content distribution system that rivals the reach of a many, many million dollar printing and delivery infrastructure. Reasonably priced servers can serve up a shocking amount of content when caching is used properly. So, much closer to 0, and the marginal cost of a reader is effectively 0.
  - donohoe 16y ago
    Okay - as a dev you should know that hosting is not cheap. Does it cost Twitter nothing to 'delivery' its content? As someone who can peak behind the curtain, I assure you that its not free. Maybe cheaper than physical home-delivery of thew newspaper, but its not cheap.
    - ericd 16y ago
      It should be surprisingly cheap in relative terms, not necessarily in absolute terms. I would imagine that the NYT is much more cacheable than Twitter, given the nature of the site.
- mturmon 16y ago
  Here's a pic of part of the Los Angeles Times publishing plant: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_djhOGl10yrQ/S9iTs3OOI5I/AAAAAAAAAEQ/ZeCiSQFyJic/s1600/orange.jpg http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_djhOGl10yrQ/S9iTs3OOI5I/AAAAAAAAAE... (The post is here: http://edpadgett.blogspot.com/2010/04/end-is-near-for-lat-orange-county.html http://edpadgett.blogspot.com/2010/04/end-is-near-for-lat-or...) This does not include the paper mills and the delivery trucks. The point trying to be raised is that the infrastructure needed for print distribution is much, much heavier than that for electronic distribution. And much harder to scale. Because of this, it seems like the online subscriptions are overpriced relative to print.

by ericd 16y ago

donohoe 16y ago

Cost of delivery has gone to near 0 when amortized You're kidding? Feed services, hosting content is free? Lets also add in the developer salaries for this amazing electric free delivery system. I assure you it is not near 0.

ericd 16y ago
Heh I'm aware that devs aren't free, being one myself, but a few devs can create a content distribution system that rivals the reach of a many, many million dollar printing and delivery infrastructure. Reasonably priced servers can serve up a shocking amount of content when caching is used properly. So, much closer to 0, and the marginal cost of a reader is effectively 0.
- donohoe 16y ago
  Okay - as a dev you should know that hosting is not cheap. Does it cost Twitter nothing to 'delivery' its content? As someone who can peak behind the curtain, I assure you that its not free. Maybe cheaper than physical home-delivery of thew newspaper, but its not cheap.
  - ericd 16y ago
    It should be surprisingly cheap in relative terms, not necessarily in absolute terms. I would imagine that the NYT is much more cacheable than Twitter, given the nature of the site.
mturmon 16y ago
Here's a pic of part of the Los Angeles Times publishing plant: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_djhOGl10yrQ/S9iTs3OOI5I/AAAAAAAAAEQ/ZeCiSQFyJic/s1600/orange.jpg http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_djhOGl10yrQ/S9iTs3OOI5I/AAAAAAAAAE... (The post is here: http://edpadgett.blogspot.com/2010/04/end-is-near-for-lat-orange-county.html http://edpadgett.blogspot.com/2010/04/end-is-near-for-lat-or...) This does not include the paper mills and the delivery trucks. The point trying to be raised is that the infrastructure needed for print distribution is much, much heavier than that for electronic distribution. And much harder to scale. Because of this, it seems like the online subscriptions are overpriced relative to print.