That would kill the internet over night. Think of the thousands of links you couldn't visit because you need to pay that site $1. The internet is supposed to help people access the world's information. If you charge $1 per site they would have to choose a few sites to use and not use any others - and they could end up getting fed biased information. The other problem would be content ownership. If you embed YouTube videos on your site and charge $1 to access your site are you charging for access to that content (which you do not own)?
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lets stop running web sites for free and charge users $1/month. Like on all web sites. Curious what the uproar will be
That would kill the internet over night. Think of the thousands of links you couldn't visit because you need to pay that site $1. The internet is supposed to help people access the world's information. If you charge $1 per site they would have to choose a few sites to use and not use any others - and they could end up getting fed biased information. The other problem would be content ownership. If you embed YouTube videos on your site and charge $1 to access your site are you charging for access to that content (which you do not own)?