Information is more valuable then ever.

I would rather pay 10 dollars for Netflix then torrent.

But guess why I do not pay 10 dollars for Netflix ?

Because Netflix is shit for me. Since I do not live in the US.

The hassle of going to a torrent site and deal with porn ads is cheaper and better then streaming from Netflix.

Since 10 dollar is 45 minutes of working as a programmer - I spend less then 10 minutes a month having to deal with porn ads. Its basic economics. Unless it takes me 45 minutes of porn ad watching I am not going to switch to Netflix - as simple as that.

And guess why I get paid 10 dollars ?

Due to the broken immigration Laws which gives employers an upper hand as I get deported as soon as I lose my job.

Some of the basic needs of life - housing,food - costs me 1/4 of my salary.

And I am at the upper end of the scale - most of my peers are working in coffee shops in shitty service jobs.

Unless this basic calculus change - good luck monetizing selling articles on the web.

-- from a frustrated millennial --