He cites a single example for his entire article as proof that users don't mind paying for things. Not exactly scientific, is it?
Really, we need to get back to purist capitalist principles for the web: if something provides "value", it should cost money. The culture of free has gone on way too long though, and I suspect users are just too spoiled.
Pure capitalist principles do mean that everything has to have a cost. I'm a die hard capitalist but give away source code, and other content for free.
Google gives everything away a lot for free and makes a ton of money, so obviously it's not giving stuff away that the problem -- Its outdated notions of how their business should be operating and what their value add is.
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He cites a single example for his entire article as proof that users don't mind paying for things. Not exactly scientific, is it?
Really, we need to get back to purist capitalist principles for the web: if something provides "value", it should cost money. The culture of free has gone on way too long though, and I suspect users are just too spoiled.
Pure capitalist principles do mean that everything has to have a cost. I'm a die hard capitalist but give away source code, and other content for free.
Google gives everything away a lot for free and makes a ton of money, so obviously it's not giving stuff away that the problem -- Its outdated notions of how their business should be operating and what their value add is.