Comment on The monetization paradox (or why Google is not my friend) (Charles Stross)parentComments−JulianMorrison16yAgreed. I posted saying basically, he was dismissing Google's attachment to good content far too readily - consider YouTube, where they pay royalties per music playback. Might they do something similar for books?−dan_the_welder16ySure, crap only wins in the short term and psychologically speaking the last 10 years is nothing in the grand scheme of things.I have a coat older than Google. I have drill press older than the entire internet. I have books that predate the transistor.This is all new and we are just barely coming to terms with a giant sea change in every industry and cultural institution.We need more ideas and techniques to try, old ones, new ones and everything in between.
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Agreed. I posted saying basically, he was dismissing Google's attachment to good content far too readily - consider YouTube, where they pay royalties per music playback. Might they do something similar for books?
Sure, crap only wins in the short term and psychologically speaking the last 10 years is nothing in the grand scheme of things.
I have a coat older than Google. I have drill press older than the entire internet. I have books that predate the transistor.
This is all new and we are just barely coming to terms with a giant sea change in every industry and cultural institution.
We need more ideas and techniques to try, old ones, new ones and everything in between.