I would pay for YouTube (and Facebook and other sites) if they were simply pay for the upkeep of the service and there was no tracking, ads, creepy stuff, or excessive profit taking. Just a solid service that let you share videos and nothing else (or just a social network and nothing else). Cost of running the service plus a reasonable profit for YouTube to invest in its future (cost + 20%, for instance).
With a few hundred million users paying, say $5/month, you should have no problem running a site like th
I actually advocate a "business model" called Charity Share Brokerage that could accomplish your objectives. But it will never catch on, because it's only for recovering costs and therefore it can't compete with the aggressive bastards who are hoping to win the lottery. Greed is a fake problem because there's no solution. No amount of profit will make the greed become satisfied.
Yeah, some person has to win the lottery. But even more people have to lose. Far more losers than winners.
In my original submission I forgot to mention the fake news problem, but now it's looming in my mind as the biggest evil of the YouTube... But it seems to call for a fresh reply...
Qualified Yes... (Score:5, Interesting)
I would pay for YouTube (and Facebook and other sites) if they were simply pay for the upkeep of the service and there was no tracking, ads, creepy stuff, or excessive profit taking. Just a solid service that let you share videos and nothing else (or just a social network and nothing else). Cost of running the service plus a reasonable profit for YouTube to invest in its future (cost + 20%, for instance).
With a few hundred million users paying, say $5/month, you should have no problem running a site like th
Cost recovery versus profit (Score:2)
I actually advocate a "business model" called Charity Share Brokerage that could accomplish your objectives. But it will never catch on, because it's only for recovering costs and therefore it can't compete with the aggressive bastards who are hoping to win the lottery. Greed is a fake problem because there's no solution. No amount of profit will make the greed become satisfied.
Yeah, some person has to win the lottery. But even more people have to lose. Far more losers than winners.
In my original submission I forgot to mention the fake news problem, but now it's looming in my mind as the biggest evil of the YouTube... But it seems to call for a fresh reply...