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I think you give people too much credit. People don't see the Internet as the new printing press. They see it as an improved entertainment device.
by cheez 15y ago
I think you give people too much credit. People don't see the Internet as the new printing press. They see it as an improved entertainment device.
- cubicle67 15y agoAsk your local small business owner how much they appreciate being able to have their own website. Previously their options for letting people know about their business were newspaper advertising, yellow pages or TV.
- cheez 15y agoOh, don't worry, your website license will be part of a business registration package. Most people consider such things a minor inconvenience.
- ygreek 15y agoIn China you already have to apply for a website license (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICP_license http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICP_license). And most people do not care about it very much. I once made a site with a friend from China, and he applied for the ICP license, even though the server was in the US and there was not a single word in Chinese on the site. In my friend's opinion it was a natural thing to do for a law abiding citizen.
- cheez 15y agoChina is a North American politician's wet dream.
- arecibodrake 15y agoYou might be surprised at how hard a sell web presence is in some areas...sigh
- pnathan 15y agoAgreed. This needs to be kept at the forefront of geek's minds: Farmville, Facebook, Hulu, and Twitter (and other entertainment devices) are the Internet. So long as the entertainment (circuses) flows, the masses will be happy. Regardless of what regulation happens!