Comments on: The Best Things on the Web Aren’t Free http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/12/13/the-best-things-on-the-web-arent-free/ because technology is just another ecosystem Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:45:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: stephen o'grady http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/12/13/the-best-things-on-the-web-arent-free/#comment-1448 stephen o'grady Thu, 15 Dec 2005 07:26:44 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=683#comment-1448 Christopher: hey, c'mon now. Gammons is a hall of famer now, and has set the standard for baseball reporting for decades. how could i not pay to read him ;) on the tradeoff front, however, you're dead right. we're going to need to see much more sophisticated approaches to the balance of cost/ads/privacy. Bill: you're absolutely right. i blame part of it on Ajax, simply b/c with the advent of richer interfaces the applications themselves are that much more compelling and therefore popular. the curse of popularity indeed. Christopher: hey, c’mon now. Gammons is a hall of famer now, and has set the standard for baseball reporting for decades. how could i not pay to read him ;)
on the tradeoff front, however, you’re dead right. we’re going to need to see much more sophisticated approaches to the balance of cost/ads/privacy.

Bill: you’re absolutely right. i blame part of it on Ajax, simply b/c with the advent of richer interfaces the applications themselves are that much more compelling and therefore popular. the curse of popularity indeed.

]]> By: Bill de hOra http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/12/13/the-best-things-on-the-web-arent-free/#comment-1447 Bill de hOra Tue, 13 Dec 2005 21:37:31 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=683#comment-1447 It's not so much that as the curse of popularity that goes with running these web-based services. It forces the monetization issue early on in the game. As wonderful as the Web is, it's an economically unbalanced way to distribute data - that's built into the architecture. It’s not so much that as the curse of popularity that goes with running these web-based services. It forces the monetization issue early on in the game. As wonderful as the Web is, it’s an economically unbalanced way to distribute data - that’s built into the architecture.

]]> By: Christopher Byrne http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/12/13/the-best-things-on-the-web-arent-free/#comment-1446 Christopher Byrne Tue, 13 Dec 2005 20:55:31 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=683#comment-1446 Well if you are foolish enough to pay to read Peter Gammons content, maybe you deserve the ads:-). But seriously, not only does the discussion need to cover monetization, but the trade-offs between monetization and privacy issues. For example, would consumers be allowed to set trade-offs between how much personal information they give up vs the type of advertising 'content' they get? Do organizations set a payment floor that would limit the ads that are presented. The monetization of sites like ESPN and CNNSI have effectively driven me away from using these sites because they have become unwieldly and just plain user un-friendly! Well if you are foolish enough to pay to read Peter Gammons content, maybe you deserve the ads:-).

But seriously, not only does the discussion need to cover monetization, but the trade-offs between monetization and privacy issues. For example, would consumers be allowed to set trade-offs between how much personal information they give up vs the type of advertising ‘content’ they get? Do organizations set a payment floor that would limit the ads that are presented.

The monetization of sites like ESPN and CNNSI have effectively driven me away from using these sites because they have become unwieldly and just plain user un-friendly!

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