Why won’t some people pay for news?
In no particular order, issues and thoughts ...
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31449413
#News #Media #InformationMarkets #Markets #Newspapers #NoGoddamnItMicropaymentsAreNotTheAnswer #Bias #Relevance
In no particular order, issues and thoughts ...
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31449413
#News #Media #InformationMarkets #Markets #Newspapers #NoGoddamnItMicropaymentsAreNotTheAnswer #Bias #Relevance
Adrian Cochrane
in reply to Doc Edward Morbius ⭕ • • •Doc Edward Morbius ⭕
in reply to Adrian Cochrane • • •"Repudiation as the micropayments killer feature (Not)"
https://old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/4r683b/repudiation_as_the_micropayments_killer_feature/
NB: Ignore "repudiation" in the title for now --- that's just one of many scamsWschemes to plaster over a turd which fails to address the underlying failures.
Yes, someone can prop up a shitty fucked up micropayments fallacy for a time. It won't solve the general media issue.
Information-as-a-public-good will.
$15.40/person-month for ads-free news. ($8 with ads).
Another $6.50 buys you all-you-can-eat book access.
No tracking, no monitoring, no ads, no bullshit.
Pro-rate by HH wealth/income for equal access.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31448052
Repudiation as the micropayments killer feature (Not)
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Adrian Cochrane
in reply to Doc Edward Morbius ⭕ • • •Doc Edward Morbius ⭕
in reply to Adrian Cochrane • • •I dislike the concept enough that I tend not to bother reading closely, even when I should 😺
MarkusL
in reply to Doc Edward Morbius ⭕ • • •I can think of lots of reasons why we got here (no micropayment infrastructure; familiarity with the advertising model; resistance to payments in cash), but I still hate it as much as anyone else.
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Adrian Cochrane
in reply to MarkusL • • •@dredmorbius
Doc Edward Morbius ⭕
in reply to Doc Edward Morbius ⭕ • • •@alcinnz
#News #Media #Journalism #InformationIsAPublicGood
I wonder if a *volume collective license* agreement with ISPs would do it. I sti... | Hacker News
news.ycombinator.commathew 🦜☕
in reply to Doc Edward Morbius ⭕ • • •There's also https://us.readly.com
Curiously, most newspapers seem uninterested in taking part in such ventures.
Readly | All magazines - one magazine app subscription
us.readly.comDoc Edward Morbius ⭕
in reply to mathew 🦜☕ • • •I think it's ultimately more problematic.
The ISP-gateway relationship already exists. And there's billing built in to it.
Generally, people will receive broadband / Internet connectivity:
- Through a wired residential or commercial service (cable, DSL, fibre, microwave beam, ...)
- Through a mobile provider.
- In some cases, satellite Internet, with Starlink likely an increasingly prevalent source.
- Incidental access through some local PoP (point of presence), which itself relies on one of the above.
Other than satellite, each of these reliies on some entity with a local physical presence.And with whom local regulators and publishers could reach agreements.
Again a key obligation I'd like to see is that 1) no good-faith publisher could be refused, 2) that no exclusive distribution arrangements where multiple connectivity providers exist be permitted, and that 3) no clients be denied content access. That is, there's a common carrier / common access obligation at the carrier, publishier, and recipient levels.
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