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No. We need to think in other ways than the ad economy. I’d gladly pay for good content if there was a decent system set up for it.
by kromokromo 2mo ago
No. We need to think in other ways than the ad economy. I’d gladly pay for good content if there was a decent system set up for it.
- duxup 2mo agoBut there’s not and the end result is the same.
- tensor 2mo agoYoutube paid works. People pay, get no ads. Kagi so far seems to be doing well for search too. One model may not work for all content types but to say that there is no alternative is straight up not true.
- duxup 2mo agoI'm not sure Youtube doing fine while local news sources go under and such a is a positive.
- tensor 2mo agoWhat local news sources are going under? As far as I've seen not many actually are. I'm paying my local newspaper, it seems to be doing just fine.
- duxup 2mo agoDwindling of news outsets / local news outlets has been pretty widely covered, as are the results: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31976955 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31976955
- rustcleaner 2mo agoI find the best content is free content, made from passion rather than monetary need.