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- inactive, on 06/03/2008, -0/+128I think this guy needs to lay off the crack pipe. Exactly what he says will happen is exactly the opposite of what IS happening. Many newspapers are opening their sites to free access to try and get more viewers. This theory is ridiculous.
- inactive, on 06/03/2008, -1/+98We'll all just torrent it
- eastcoast, on 06/02/2008, -2/+70that's b.s.
- darthjure, on 06/03/2008, -1/+39Don't mess with President Google.
- Mushroonaut, on 07/11/2008, -1/+39I will never pay for web content.
- inactive, on 06/02/2008, -16/+53http://ipower.ning.com/netneutrality
- ee52ck, on 06/03/2008, -1/+38Does anyone see the irony of having this article on a free to view news site ... kinda shooting himself in the foot as if was charging to see it then no one would have read this article!
- TwiceHephaestus, on 06/03/2008, -1/+25Must have been nice to work for Google. Wonder what he'll do now?
*goes back to reading Wikinomics* - blackmesa, on 06/03/2008, -2/+25I'm already paying for the internet! I'd love to pay twice for everything! ...while they're at it, why not charge me 3 or 4 times? I don't mind! You already have my creditcard + identity, I'm sure.
- biss13, on 06/03/2008, -3/+26I'll believe it when I see it...
- inactive, on 06/03/2008, -0/+20If MySpace charged even .01 cent, they would fold.
- Oea420, on 06/03/2008, -1/+19Yeah, he is definitely right. With that model, we won't have to deal with those pesky adver.... wait a second
- peaceninja, on 06/03/2008, -1/+14idiot
- dignews, on 06/03/2008, -0/+12Yeh same as in england, on public transport there is a free paper called the metro and it is popular around the whole of the country, and that is paid for solely by ads too.
- Y2JCrisis, on 06/03/2008, -1/+13None worth subscribing to.
- oddturtle, on 06/03/2008, -0/+11I would doubt it.
The one distinguishing factor about the internet as a news and information distribution medium is the significant cost advantage in making anyone a content producer. The supply market for people willing to give away free content is just too big, there is just too much competition that I can't see any significant portion of content producers, news outlets (grassroots, mainstream, partisan, independent, etc) being able displace the hordes of free ad based alternative sources any time soon, no matter how good they are. - inactive, on 06/03/2008, -0/+11"**He didn't say it, but does this imply** that there could be a great content cleanout in the future, with unprofitable news providers going to the wall? ...Arora talks about the current abundance of blogs, and **you get the feeling that this, too, will not last.**"
This guy is an idiot and a blatant shill. The Guardian are always pushing a self-serving agenda, and this article is no different. The article is cherry-picked and filled with conjecture because it supports their own view of how the internet should work, and anyone who says blogs will not last is completely ignorant. Not everyone blogs solely for ad revenue, and most of the ones that do are already failing anyway.
Weak. - scarwars, on 06/03/2008, -4/+14i'll only visit that link if the madonna with the big boobies shows us some more..
- oddturtle, on 06/03/2008, -0/+9"Nikesh Arora, president Google for Europe, Middle East and Africa and vice president Google UK, believes that the web economy will evolve just like the print economy - and that means people will pay for content online"
Is this guy serious? The print economy hasn't evolved toward a unit price model. Since the early stages of the print economy, media proprietors almost always charged for each magazine, newspaper, book and quarterly publications. If anything, it has probably moved greater toward a low cost consumer price price model with most revenue derived from ads, so that the charge for content is only a nominal amount - prleet, on 06/03/2008, -2/+11screw google....
- insanebrain, on 06/03/2008, -2/+11We the nerds have the power. If we don't like, we will simply destroy it.
- sergiodlopes, on 06/03/2008, -0/+9Yes it is. Why?
Here in Portugal the new printed and free daily newspapers (supported only by ads) as grown significantly.
So his theory goes down the toilet. - synyster, on 06/03/2008, -0/+8i thought the whole internet is free
- JasonCox, on 06/03/2008, -0/+8We'll pay for web content? I dont even like *free* ad-supported content, all my browsers block your ads to begin with so whats makes you think I'm going to pay?
- devzor, on 06/03/2008, -1/+9something tells me Google is getting too evil too quickly!
- Azerael, on 06/03/2008, -1/+8I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't find himself working for Google for much longer, considering they have so much invested in online advertising.
- phantom_mullet, on 06/03/2008, -0/+7i was kinda more in favor of the "Google buys it and makes it free for me" business model...
- DraxusD, on 06/03/2008, -1/+8What? It doesn't cost anything (or very very close to nothing) to duplicate information that has no physical form. By your logic a paperback should cost the same and a hardcover.
- wirah, on 06/03/2008, -3/+10Anonymous will not stand for this.
Expect ***** - celebshub, on 06/03/2008, -0/+7why do people digg BS?
- spacewhale1, on 06/03/2008, -0/+7***** yes
- oddturtle, on 06/03/2008, -0/+61) you can get a lot of free content from the economist site, they even have a free podcast to discuss topics in their magazine.
2) subscription content represents a tiny fraction of the internet news market. - rolf, on 06/03/2008, -1/+6I'll pay for some content. I already do. But not most (read 99.999%) of ***** sites.
Including MainStreamMedia sites like Disney crap. - inactive, on 06/03/2008, -0/+5There are some museums and other places where you have to pay to see them. But usually seeing around you is free. Imagine having to pay for every second you keep your eyes open.
- bigfloppydonkey, on 06/03/2008, -0/+5No we won't.
- orlyfactor, on 06/03/2008, -0/+5***** you Google, I ain't paying for *****.
- megablue, on 06/03/2008, -0/+5Don't be evil?
Now Google wants their shares. - chmoder, on 06/03/2008, -1/+6He IS wrong.
- kernel16, on 06/03/2008, -0/+5Tell that to the news paper sites that used to charge for content but have since opened up...
- lolinyerface, on 06/03/2008, -0/+5I do. It's the 60$ a month Internet access fee that provides me access to web content. (Albeit a crappy cable modem connection access...)
- inactive, on 06/03/2008, -1/+6I'm not ready to pay yet.
- treelovinhippie, on 06/03/2008, -7/+12People will not pay for web content... not until we are able to realise that a physical book is simply information in analog form.
See I tend to think most of us see an e-book as pure information, while we see a book as a physical possession. Which is why we're happy to pay for the physical book, but not the e-book when in reality they are both just information and their value should be based on the quality of that information. - inactive, on 06/03/2008, -0/+4Don't be soft on him. This time he deserves it: ***** Google!
- spacewhale1, on 06/03/2008, -0/+4god itd be nice if myspace folded
- Elranzer, on 06/03/2008, -0/+4This coming from the company that gives away all its services for free in exchange for ad revenue?
- oxymoron69, on 06/03/2008, -0/+4If big media had it their way, the internet WOULD look like TV.
You see what they want you to see and only what they want.
Wanna see some pr0n on xtube,skintube etc; an extra $24.95/month on top of your already inflated broadband bill.
This is the beginning of the end, especially now that Google has now begun to look at it's own users as a seething mass of consumer cows... waiting to have their cash milked out of them, one microtransaction at a time, that way it won't seem like you're spending much, and you'll like it. - Meekus, on 06/03/2008, -0/+4The appeal of the internet, likewise the original intention, was sharing of data and information for free. THIS is the spirit of the internet. I understand that many want to charge for content... however how many would really pay for the content we see every day? I sure as hell won't be spending $25/month per sub to see a web comic, ps3 news, or the random cute kitten picture.
- StephenCIreland, on 06/03/2008, -0/+4then we will invent some kind of outernet in which a site named internetpirate.outernet allows people to download web pages and youtube videos over a pirate p2p network...
- AgentVladimir, on 06/03/2008, -0/+4Comparing the Internet to TV is wrong. There were always going to be only a few TV channels because the technology is so expensive and the bandwidth was limited. Better comparison is with the invention of the printing press: suddenly not only monks are copying books, everyone can get hold of them. You have to get access to a press but once one was invented, everyone was at it and governments really struggled to enforce any sort of control.
- Karmavs, on 06/03/2008, -1/+5I then, for one, hope this new paid web takes hold.
(it rhymes, so it must be true!) -
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