October 29, 2021 at 12:00 am
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October 29, 2021 at 6:23 am
Do you have any recommended technical sites that require subscription?
I'm a bit paranoid about signing up to a site that turns out to be heavy on clickbait and really difficult to unsubscribe from
October 29, 2021 at 12:58 pm
I remember Gopher, too. I even set up USENET access and Gopher at the place I was working at the time. And I also remember getting my first version of Netscape Navigator. Heady days.
I certainly hope that it doesn't become as dystopian as the Wayforward Machine predicts. I can see how it might. I've gone to a few websites which show me a news story I'm interested in, then prompts me with a message something like, "This is the first of 4 free views you have for this month. Sign up and pay <such-and-such> in order to get unlimited access." Very unlike it was back in the 90's, when the promise of free access to information was real. BTW, whenever I hit those websites, I always leave them. I hope that more people do as I do. That way the owners of those sites will get the message that to withhold information doesn't pay. Of course, my hopes for that could be in vain.
Rod
October 29, 2021 at 10:24 pm
I think you got it right with the subscriptions idea. People already accept subscriptions for content and services, it's just a matter of when the jump will be taken for less costly services. I can see news for example being sucked up into a Netflix/Spotify esque provider - pay $5 a month for articles from various sources. Same for specific interest stuff - $5/month for a load of games magazines or sports etc.
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