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> nearly everybody expects content to be free to the end user on the internet. as it has been the first years of the internet? I did pay back then ... with my
by jhoechtl 4y ago
> nearly everybody expects content to be free to the end user on the internet.
as it has been the first years of the internet?
I did pay back then ... with my taxes. Public funded Universities were large back bones of the internet. Then it all got privatized and we are in the sump were in right now.
The internet is a public good and should be financed accordingly.
- scarface74 4y agoYeah I was on the internet back then. It was basically useless for decent content when I was in college in the mid 90s For reference, my first paid work i did involving development was making modifications to a Mac/HyperCard based Gopher server.