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0 pointsLesZedCB3y ago0 comments

the majority of the best information on the web is free

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I don't think I agree with that. Not even Stack Overflow nor Reddit are free in this context since they make money through ads.

I don't think any of my staple websites would be around if all we could rely on was their charity, and frankly that's not the internet I want to force on people. I want the people who enrich my life to be able to dedicate their time/energy to that end.

account423y ago

> I don't think I agree with that. Not even Stack Overflow nor Reddit are free in this context since they make money through ads.

The hosts make money through ads, the content creators don't. We could have donation-funded versions of these just like we have Wikipedia.

LesZedCBOP3y ago

do you think archive.org is immoral/unethical then..?

print books were published by publishers who sell physical copies and run ads, tours and stuff.

yet pretty much every modern published book (within reason) is freely available to any person who is able to get a library card. similarly those people could use the computers to access archive.org and browse all online content.

how is that not free?

i'm not even going to get into equivocating "reddit" and "best information on the internet"

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