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Re:Why I Work on Ads by dahfizz on Thursday May 06, 2021 @10:27AM (#27063774)
Its just the fact that people are used to free content, so the idea of paying for it is foreign.

If groceries used to be free, but suddenly cost money, people would riot.

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Re:Why I Work on Ads by pydry on Thursday May 06, 2021 @10:39AM (#27063944)
That's absurd. People need groceries. If the National Enquirer went to a paid subscription model or disappeared entirely nobody would riot.
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Re:Why I Work on Ads by inetknght on Thursday May 06, 2021 @10:56AM (#27064169)
> That's absurd. People need groceries.

Thus: if groceries used to be free, but suddenly cost money, people would riot.

Arguably: why would people riot about not-free Youtube?

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Re:Why I Work on Ads by yissp on Thursday May 06, 2021 @01:43PM (#27066737)
See also this Planet Money episode about formerly-free doughnuts. https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2012/07/13/156737801/the-...
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