ACK! Pay sites increasing!

[FrontlineWarrior]

So many sites are going for premium content. I'm so sad!
Webshots charging for high-res wallpaper
USNews charging for Grad School Rankings
AT charging for faster connection
Pr0n sites charging for pr0... ummm nevermind

So sad for a cheapskate like me.

 

[Russ]

The "new" economy is dead. Welcome to the real economy.

Russ, NCNE

 

[Danman]

<< The "new" economy is dead. Welcome to the real economy.

Russ, NCNE >>



Word.

 

[Skel]

<< The "new" economy is dead. >>



Just ask my bank account..

 

[Smacksmackums]

<<

<< The "new" economy is dead. Welcome to the real economy.

Russ, NCNE >>



Word. >>


I'll second that sheezy. Look at IGN now. I wonder how much their visits have dropped recently.

 

[sheselectric]

i can't believe usnews is charging for grad school rankings!! makes me glad i applied to law school *this* year

 

[ggavinmoss]

Once more sites start charging and it becomes crazy, we'll probably see some sort of "subscription service" whereby you can pay a fee for a suite of sites. Like cable packages...

-geoff

 

[areohbe]

nothing in life is free

 

[Skel]

<< Once more sites start charging and it becomes crazy, we'll probably see some sort of "subscription service" whereby you can pay a fee for a suite of sites. Like cable packages... >>




Isn't that the idea behind some of the .NET stuff?? Hailstorm I believe it is called...

 

[Linux23]

yeah, i can imagine paying $1000 a month to visit some web site, that offer absolutely little to no value.

 

[Martin]

<< The "new" economy is dead. Welcome to the real economy.

Russ, NCNE >>



Hmm ... having no business plan and not making profits didn't work out....who would've thought?

 

[MrBond]

You know, for the entire life of the internet, only one type of site was consistantly making money.

Porn sites.

Porn sites pioneered popup ads. Consumer websites with popups are now common. Pay for content is the next logical step.

 

[RSI]

<< Once more sites start charging and it becomes crazy, we'll probably see some sort of "subscription service" whereby you can pay a fee for a suite of sites. Like cable packages...

-geoff >>

That's very scary..

 

[Frosty3799]

<< You know, for the entire life of the internet, only one type of site was consistantly making money.

Porn sites.

Porn sites pioneered popup ads. Consumer websites with popups are now common. Pay for content is the next logical step. >>



done your research eh?

 

[XMan]

<< USNews charging for Grad School Rankings >>



So go buy the magazine.

 

[kamiam]

and when everyone is charging to "surf" their sites, my comp's go "ALL GAMING" the hell w/ the net

 

[Pocatello]

Somebody has to pay for that BMW.

 

[FelixDeCat]

>Somebody has to pay for that BMW.


No you didnt. :|

 

[gopunk]

what?! the internet is MEANT to be free! that's just the way things are supposed to be!

 

[StageLeft]

Yeah it kinda sucks but I'm quickly getting used to it. I've given money to IGN and AT so far. $20-30 year isn't too bad for a site i use a lot.

 

[Pocatello]

I don't think adds will bring enough money for websites anymore, things will continue to cost more. Eventually, you will have to pay for "quality" contents. The free internet and the capitalist world just can't exist together.

 

[FrontlineWarrior]

Hello people

I didn't want to imply that everything on the internet should be free, I know that can't be true. But cut me some slack, all I was saying is that it's not fun going from "free everything" to "pay for premium stuff". Anyway, I resisted a lot so far but I did pay Yahoo! like 8 bucks for real-time Fantasy Basketball stats.

Still.... so sad.