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Re:I invented the web. Here are three things we need to chan... by jsilence on Sunday March 12, 2017 @11:40AM (#13851135)
Actually no. Saying the internet needs to make money is just as wrong as saying the roads need to make money. The net is just an infrastructure that has to be maintained and paiyd for. "Making money" is absolutely not a neccessety.
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Re:I invented the web. Here are three things we need to chan... by treehau5_ on Sunday March 12, 2017 @02:45PM (#13852302)
Ok, we are taxed for the roads and there are some roads that do require you to pay such as toll lanes. Think of Google and facebook as the restaurants and gas stations along the way.
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Re:I invented the web. Here are three things we need to chan... by ethbro on Sunday March 12, 2017 @11:16PM (#13854983)
Roads do need to make money. We just happen to have a larger concept of "make money" that encompasses increased commerce.

Mailboxes might be a better example of your point.

I'd argue that the current web looks more like roads than mailboxes though. We would have something more like Minitel if we'd gone the mailboxes route.

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