Re:The Price of Free Is Actually Too High
by mc32 on Sunday April 15, 2018 @11:29PM
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What if you could pick a bundle? A $1/mo, $10/mo, $100/mo bundle? You get whatever those bundles allow for whatever time window is set. Not the same as free and choice-wise is restrictive (but then the tyranny of choice).
While not "the" answer, it could be an option so that you're not paying for each and every content driven website independently.
Of course, the downside is this harkens to the time when we had limited sources of information (newspaper sub, broadcast TV, cable TV and radio).
If micropayments is not working (yet?) and advertising is proving too invasive but we're also not willing to pay underutilized individual subscriptions, what else is there?
While not "the" answer, it could be an option so that you're not paying for each and every content driven website independently.
Of course, the downside is this harkens to the time when we had limited sources of information (newspaper sub, broadcast TV, cable TV and radio).
If micropayments is not working (yet?) and advertising is proving too invasive but we're also not willing to pay underutilized individual subscriptions, what else is there?