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Genuine question, can you expand on what you mean by this: > Before they stood up the walls, I could reach all the people I wanted for free. What are you refe
by croissants 6y ago
Genuine question, can you expand on what you mean by this:
> Before they stood up the walls, I could reach all the people I wanted for free.
What are you referring to? Blogging, social networks, forums, etc.?
- echelon 6y agoThe web and web downloads were 100% of the distribution channel. Now you can't distribute binaries without oversight and taxation. Also, web browsers on mobile are much less capable than on desktop.
- croissants 6y agoThanks for the response. When you say > Now you can't distribute binaries without oversight and taxation. do you mean selling software? On a slightly different note, I'm curious about how much of the change in your experience of the internet comes down to a change in its user base. I'm not sure when this happened, but I think the vast majority of internet users now consists of people who don't care about these issues at all, for better or for worse.
- alextheparrot 6y agoThis is the same as game consoles, so it has been the case for a long time. Consumers seem completely fine with relaxing that constraint if everything else “Just works”.
- egypturnash 6y agoOnce you are no longer twelve, life's too fucking short to spend forever configuring your new graphics card unless you have explicitly decided that being A Gamer is your hobby.