Re:Mozilla’s newest app perfectly captures the ethical dilem...
by dragonwriter on Tuesday December 08, 2015 @01:13PM
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> Likewise, the unauthenticated, un-paid-for Web has permitted frictionless composition and repurpose of content without the need to 'do deals'.
Yes, but...
> Beyond just the consumer issue, a non-Ad supported web would have severely limited its evolution, by forcing content to require authentication.
Having no ads would have eliminated one of the several means of funding content that doesn't require authentication -- but ads aren't the only mechanism that doesn't require authentication -- and, yes, any limitation in available models would have limited the ways in which the web could evolve, by changing the opportunity space.
For children, or the unemployed, the marginal utility of a dollar is quite high, but free time is cheap.
Likewise, the unauthenticated, un-paid-for Web has permitted frictionless composition and repurpose of content without the need to 'do deals'. Beyond just the consumer issue, a non-Ad supported web would have severely limited its evolution, by forcing content to require authentication.