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Fun thought experiment. Take all ad-supported services you are using now. If you were asked to pay for them, how much would you pay? For me, it comes to $100+

by rgovind 12y ago

Fun thought experiment. Take all ad-supported services you are using now. If you were asked to pay for them, how much would you pay? For me, it comes to $100+ per month but that seems like a steep price to pay.

Filligree 12y ago
:O How do you compute that number?
- rgovind 12y ago
  I use Skype, gmail, google search, youtube, Skype == $10/m Gmail = $5/m Search = $20/m (Information is valuable) Youtube = $20/m (Equivalent to cinema) Rest is made of long tail. These are what I would be willing to pay for these services
  - Filligree 12y ago
    I'm pretty sure those numbers are too high, if you use the CPM of ads on those services as your source of truth. EDIT: And I just realized that means you'd be willing to pay.
    - rgovind 12y ago
      For Skype, I compared with my phone service. Youtube...with my movie going...etc
hayksaakian 12y ago
I agree. When it comes down to it, I would pay 100$/m for the top 10 ad supported websites i use the most. The thing to keep in mind is that the ad supported model is amazing for trying things out, so we really need both. Having used gmail since I was in high school, I would not have been able to pay for it then, but nowadays its invaluable, and 10$/m is a drop in the bucket.
lettercarrier 12y ago
< how much would you pay? $0.00 Zip. If I have to pay, I go away. Looking back to my pre HTML Labs days, I don't think I ever go to the same site(s) longer than a year or so. Nothing regularly. I had an interesting self discovery. After I insulted a coworker for not being able to think for himself; always parroting Rush, he challenged me to listening to his radio show for one week. I did. I was surprised at what I learned. I never, ever listen or watch commercials. It's subconscious. I could not change the radio during commercials as I had to listen to his show. It KILLED me. I NEVER listen to commercials. Then I realized I flip if I watch TV. If I listen to radio, I change the station automatically when I hear a commercial. YouTube, turn down sound. Automatically. TV shows, watch after it starts so I can fast forward via Tivo. Same goes for anything pay online. See a pay requirement? Go away. I realize I don't buy any online content; No site I have ever gone to is worth paying (directly). By the way, I pay for internet access 4 ways each month; cable ($50); two phones ($100); library internet access ($~100 via property taxes used to fund town library). I pay enough.

by rgovind 12y ago

Filligree 12y ago

:O How do you compute that number?

rgovind 12y ago
I use Skype, gmail, google search, youtube, Skype == $10/m Gmail = $5/m Search = $20/m (Information is valuable) Youtube = $20/m (Equivalent to cinema) Rest is made of long tail. These are what I would be willing to pay for these services
- Filligree 12y ago
  I'm pretty sure those numbers are too high, if you use the CPM of ads on those services as your source of truth. EDIT: And I just realized that means you'd be willing to pay.
  - rgovind 12y ago
    For Skype, I compared with my phone service. Youtube...with my movie going...etc

hayksaakian 12y ago

I agree. When it comes down to it, I would pay 100$/m for the top 10 ad supported websites i use the most. The thing to keep in mind is that the ad supported model is amazing for trying things out, so we really need both. Having used gmail since I was in high school, I would not have been able to pay for it then, but nowadays its invaluable, and 10$/m is a drop in the bucket.

lettercarrier 12y ago

< how much would you pay? $0.00 Zip. If I have to pay, I go away. Looking back to my pre HTML Labs days, I don't think I ever go to the same site(s) longer than a year or so. Nothing regularly. I had an interesting self discovery. After I insulted a coworker for not being able to think for himself; always parroting Rush, he challenged me to listening to his radio show for one week. I did. I was surprised at what I learned. I never, ever listen or watch commercials. It's subconscious. I could not change the radio during commercials as I had to listen to his show. It KILLED me. I NEVER listen to commercials. Then I realized I flip if I watch TV. If I listen to radio, I change the station automatically when I hear a commercial. YouTube, turn down sound. Automatically. TV shows, watch after it starts so I can fast forward via Tivo. Same goes for anything pay online. See a pay requirement? Go away. I realize I don't buy any online content; No site I have ever gone to is worth paying (directly). By the way, I pay for internet access 4 ways each month; cable ($50); two phones ($100); library internet access ($~100 via property taxes used to fund town library). I pay enough.