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 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.
I feel the same way, but I got tired of explaining, "If I get a free magic pony, yes, otherwise no" and just switched to "no."
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
Re:Qualified Yes... (Score:2)
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.
I feel the same way, but I got tired of explaining, "If I get a free magic pony, yes, otherwise no" and just switched to "no."