Re:Mobile browser traffic is 2X bigger than app traffic, and...
by michaelpinto on Sunday September 27, 2015 @02:15PM
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You just described most of what I see on 4chan and Facebook. But in a sense what you're saying has happened to a degree with paywalls. The really good content at say the New York Times, Financial Times and the like is behind paywalls at this point while low quality stuff like Huffington Post is free.
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Re:Mobile browser traffic is 2X bigger than app traffic, and...
by danmaz74 on Sunday September 27, 2015 @02:23PM
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> The really good content at say the New York Times, Financial Times and the like is behind paywalls
For now, it's "soft" paywalls - they're still indexable by Google, and visible if you come from there.
I'm afraid that, in the near future, they could really become accessible only to those who can pay. And the quality of the free internet would instantly drop many notches.
Re:Mobile browser traffic is 2X bigger than app traffic, and...
by michaelpinto on Sunday September 27, 2015 @06:26PM
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That's my fear as well, although I've seen a decline in the market over the past few years. After the banner ad crash of '08 it became harder for indie bloggers to make a living. And another problem I see these days is that not only are banner ads paying badly, but money has flooded into the field to back winner-takes-all ventures like Vox or Buzzfeed. So it's hard for the little guy to even get pizza money at this point.