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The internet doesn't have to be commercialized. Content like this would exist just fine without profits. "Adverts exist because we refuse to pay for every serv
by 93po 3y ago
The internet doesn't have to be commercialized. Content like this would exist just fine without profits.
"Adverts exist because we refuse to pay for every service"
No, adverts exist largely because of poor quality content that ranks high in google and does everything possible to give readers the least amount of information in the slowest way possible. I would gladly pay to visit websites that shared a common ethical framework for cost sharing.
- harel 3y agoContent like that will exist, and have existed before. But large scale operations will not. Search engines, LLMs, social networks. They need a lot of money to run at scale. LLMs charge a subscription. Kagi is doing search engine which is paid (and not bad). If they all started charging pretty soon we'll be paying through the nose for everything. Ads offset that. I pay Spotify, Amazon, OpenAI, Netflix, Diskey, and I'm considering paying Kagi. But I can't pay every single content provider I use... it will never end. I accept the ads where I can and pay where I cannot. I have a choice sometimes and I exercise it. I. Not some content site that makes the choice for me. That is my only point here.
- 93po 3y agoGoogle doesn't need to exist. Google exists primarily to serve ads and websites with ads. Google is actively harming the internet by existing, not enhancing anything.