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> The web is dying because no one wants to pay for it. The people who used to pay for it (the investors) no longer pay, the remaining good quality web is just a

> The web is dying because no one wants to pay for it. The people who used to pay for it (the investors) no longer pay, the remaining good quality web is just a sidekick for their actual business. This is such a baffling take, and undermines your entire post. There's more money changing hands than ever on the web, and plenty of people lining up to do so. And moreover, the "open" web was never paid for by investors, it was almost always paid for by volunteers and people taking donations. And there are tons of truly open projects being created and maintained this way - I can think of a dozen off the top of my head, and the success of patreon speaks for itself.

mrtksn 6y ago
>There's more money changing hands than ever on the web, and plenty of people lining up to do so I want to know more about this great business going on on the open web that I am unaware of. I hope you are not talking about Craigslist or another established platform having even larger userbase, thus larger amount of money changing hands. >there are tons of truly open projects being created and maintained this way, I can think of a dozen off the top of my head Please spell these, I am unaware of any. Yeah O.k. the homebrew developers managed to get enough donations to by Mac mini with M1. Which is sad because it's one of the most popular projects out there, considering the value they provide they should have been able to buy a large boat, not a Mac mini. There are a very few, established projects that can barely sustain part-time donations and there are a couple of platforms that are worth billions who facilitate this. It may work fine when you actually sell the premium closed source stuff(support services for proprietary software development based on the free stuff or personalised nudes in addition to the free nudes). Also, the free content now comes as a side venture of political campaigns. You are expected to feel the emotions today and go vote tomorrow so that the content creators can recoup their investments once in power.

mrtksn 6y ago

>There's more money changing hands than ever on the web, and plenty of people lining up to do so I want to know more about this great business going on on the open web that I am unaware of. I hope you are not talking about Craigslist or another established platform having even larger userbase, thus larger amount of money changing hands. >there are tons of truly open projects being created and maintained this way, I can think of a dozen off the top of my head Please spell these, I am unaware of any. Yeah O.k. the homebrew developers managed to get enough donations to by Mac mini with M1. Which is sad because it's one of the most popular projects out there, considering the value they provide they should have been able to buy a large boat, not a Mac mini. There are a very few, established projects that can barely sustain part-time donations and there are a couple of platforms that are worth billions who facilitate this. It may work fine when you actually sell the premium closed source stuff(support services for proprietary software development based on the free stuff or personalised nudes in addition to the free nudes). Also, the free content now comes as a side venture of political campaigns. You are expected to feel the emotions today and go vote tomorrow so that the content creators can recoup their investments once in power.