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The horrible reality is that even if the web had effective and popular micropayments infrastructure it would have micropayments and adverts on top. Just look a
by eterm 5y ago
The horrible reality is that even if the web had effective and popular micropayments infrastructure it would have micropayments and adverts on top.
Just look at how advertising is creeping into premium streaming services.
- bwbuhse 5y agoOr the fact that (nearly) every premium TV channel still has ads, when the original point of paying for cable was no ads.
- PaulHoule 5y agoSubscriptions and ads have gone together like peanut butter and jelly since the print age. If you subscribe to The New York Times or Cosmopolitan you have qualified yourself as being interested in the subject, attached to the brand, and not hopelessly penurious. An advertiser would rather pay to get a message in front of a paid subscriber rather than anyone else.
- erosenbe0 5y agoOne time I rented a unit in working-class neighborhood for 6 months and not surprisingly the amount of junk mail was half what I was used to.