Comments on: Why news on the Web will always be free http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/11/06/why-news-on-the-web-will-always-be-free/ Top Technology news Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:40:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dima http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/11/06/why-news-on-the-web-will-always-be-free/comment-page-1/#comment-144861 Dima Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:35:21 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/?p=8494#comment-144861 Interesting post... I do wonder, however, if your assertion that free information is the status-quo, will hold water in the long run. You wrote in your blog about Facebook thinking about monetizing on some of its services other than advertising. You also wrote about some thoughts by Twitter. In Russia there are social networking websites that charge money for services. Economist is charging from premium content. And there are many other examples. All this brings me to the following thought. Maybe as people are getting used to paying online, some content producers will find it possible to charge for their products. What do you think? Interesting post… I do wonder, however, if your assertion that free information is the status-quo, will hold water in the long run. You wrote in your blog about Facebook thinking about monetizing on some of its services other than advertising. You also wrote about some thoughts by Twitter. In Russia there are social networking websites that charge money for services. Economist is charging from premium content. And there are many other examples.

All this brings me to the following thought. Maybe as people are getting used to paying online, some content producers will find it possible to charge for their products. What do you think?

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