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I'll counter your one meal vs subscription analogy with another; I don't want to buy this Ferrari, I just want to drive it for the day. The dealership wasn't i
by bruce511 2y ago
I'll counter your one meal vs subscription analogy with another;
I don't want to buy this Ferrari, I just want to drive it for the day. The dealership wasn't interested (they directed me to a different business with a different business model.)
Yes you want a Netflix for news. But even Netflix isn't enough. You also need Amazon, Disney+, Apple TV and so on.
Indeed, all of them are only partially aggregating - much of throw content (if not all of it) is in-house production.
Yes micro payments per article would be nice, but endless startups have proved this approach works for neither suppliers nor consumers.
There's no place to rent a Ferrari in my town. That doesn't make it ok to just "borrow" the dealers one.
The world does not have to magically conform to our desires, our ethics. Sometimes we can't get what we want, and just taking it anyway is not ok
- Daneel_ 2y agoSupercar hire businesses do exist though, and I can certainly rent one for a day in many places all over the world. Regarding Netflix - I’m referring to OG Netflix which really did seem to aggregate everything under one subscription. In any case, I do agree that micro transactions for articles mostly do fail, hence my leaning towards a more “Netflix”-style approach that lowers the risk for consumers. I don’t expect to get what I want here, but publishers also can’t simply get what they want either.
- bruce511 2y agoYes super-car rentals exist, but only in a small number of locations. My point was that not having one conveniently available doesn't make alternative approaches ok. An aggregator like the original Netflix would be nice but I suspect that model would not work for long. (As evidenced by current Netflix et al). Publishers can certainly do anything they like with their content, and they set the rules for accessing it. Assuming what they want is piles of money, I expect they take that into account when setting the rules. But it's their content. You don't get to break the rules just because you don't like them.
- immibis 2y agoWhy doesn't someone get to break the rules just because they don't like them? This principle isn't backed up by empirical observations.