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...which is much better than the current state of the web, which is "(nearly) everything is funded by advertisements".
by fouric 6y ago
...which is much better than the current state of the web, which is "(nearly) everything is funded by advertisements".
- teddyh 6y agoPossibly. But I remember the time of Shareware, especially on the Amiga platform. It seemed that every little itty-bitty utility program on the Amiga cost some small amount of money. Meanwhile, all the popular programs on PC (DOS and Windows) and Unix (Sun etc.) were mostly GNU-style free software, and guess who won that development? I’m worried that the entire currently-free web will stagnate by all web sites feeling forced to adopt this pay-by-the-click model. However, you are certainly right in that the current ad-supported model is driving engagement, or, should I say, “enragement” clicks, which is certainly not doing much good.