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End of the Free Internet

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the where-the-sidewalk-ends dept.

efedora writes: "The End of Free keeps a list of the various transitions to paid services from free net sites. The list is getting longer. When I think of an individual site that's really worthwhile I say to myself, "Sure, that site is worth $4.95 a month". The problem is there are going to be lots of sites at $$$ a month and it sure adds up." Of course even Slashdot is planning on rolling out subscriptions-for-no-banner-ads sometime soon, so I suppose we're not entirely immune to the subscription bug either.

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  1. Some day... by Utopia · · Score: 4, Funny

    Soon End of Free will start charging users to see the list of free net sites transitioning to paid services.

  2. Re:subscriptions for non-banner-ads by Chris+Burke · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dial... up? I think... I remember that. Something is coming back to me... Ahhhhgh!... Bad memories... surfacing... Ah! No! Download... so slow! It hurts, Mommy! It hurts! Make it faster! AAAAAAAGH!

    --

    The enemies of Democracy are
  3. Re:subscriptions for non-banner-ads by Jailbrekr · · Score: 2, Funny

    Uh, ok.

    Don't pay, and keep ignoring the banner ads

    Pay, and I don't have to ignore the banner ads.

    we are becoming immune to baner ads, therefore thsi business model will fail.

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    Feed the need: Digitaladdiction.net
  4. I wouldn't pay... by mattkime · · Score: 4, Funny

    I wouldn't pay $4.95/month to have ads removed from slashdot.

    ...but I would put a $5 bill down CowboyNeal's g-string in exchange for a lapdance.

    --
    Know what I like about atheists? I've yet to meet one that believes God is on their side.
  5. Humor: What you'd REALLY like in pay-Slashdot? by Seth+Finkelstein · · Score: 3, Funny
    Hmm - if you asked me "What would I want from a Slashdot subscription?", no-banner-ads would be way down on my list. Let's think of some things the user population might really like (ranging from the realistic to the ridiculous ...)

    • Purchasable karma - for a small additional fee, of course ...
    • VIP chat with (insert your most-loved Slashdot editor here)
    • Voting-out of (insert your most-hated Slashdot editor here)
    • Priority consideration in the story-submission queue
    • Higher rankings in comment submission
    Suggest a few of your own! (I've kept my ideas non-obscene, since this is just meant in good fun).

    Sig: What Happened To The Censorware Project (censorware.org)

    1. Re:Humor: What you'd REALLY like in pay-Slashdot? by danger42 · · Score: 5, Funny

      TO summarize your suggestion: you want influence, access, and special priviliges in exchange for monetary contributions?

      That's not slashdot, that's a democracy!

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      -nd
  6. Re:subscriptions for non-banner-ads by cperciva · · Score: 5, Funny

    Have you done any market research to back this up?

    Well, you'd be insane to use this for anything important... but yes, they have.

    --
    Tarsnap: Online backups for the truly paranoid
  7. Slashdot Poll I'd like to see by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'd like to see that poll

    Would you pay for /. -
    Yes, I am addicted
    Yes, I feel we should support the developers
    Yes, Get rid of the commercializism
    Maybe
    No, information should be free
    No, I don't pay for anything on the net
    No, I'm paranoid about giving my credit card to CowboyNeal

  8. End of Free Internet^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HPorn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "Sure, that site is worth $4.95 a month". The problem is there are going to be lots of sites at $$$ a month and it sure adds up."

    What do you do all day surf for porn????

  9. ... by nameinuse2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    more insulting than that is ads at the cinema peddling cinema advertising itself

    "over 4 bazillion stupid eyeballs per month! advertise here!"

  10. Re:How long until the VA Systems bankruptcy? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Improper accounting procedures have forced me to restate the results indicated in previously published financial report. The projected quarterly loss is $10M, not $6M.

    P.S. Andersen auditors responsible for (not catching) the error have been fired.

  11. Re:subscriptions for non-banner-ads by STUP0RUSER · · Score: 2, Funny

    I do the majority of my web browsing with lynx, so obviously I don't see images either. It's great for sites like Slashdot-I can read /. at work in lynx and when the boss walks by, he sees 3 emacs windows and a lynx window and assumes that I'm coding my ass off. Works great, and I highly recommend it.

  12. I would like to watch slashdot on TV. Seriously. by guest12 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I would like to watch slashdot on TV. Seriously. Rob -please do find out if, like CNN international is interested. (this could be $$big bucks$$!). Andover suits will jump at it.
    Could be weekly 30 min program, a capsule covering maybe five topics of broader interest, along with editorially selected user comments. Since you dont have many original news/features you could commission paid professionals, or at least style slashTV as a "review" site. Have a poll on /. what topics to have on slashTV. Then slashdot website could be really free, in fact you could even PAY posters for worthwhile comments.( ahem) or exchange karma for gadgets or mugs or t-shirts or goat wallhangings. SlashTVwould be good for evangelising free software/ opensource. Good for a different-from-bigbiz perspective (like MS, SUN, IBM). You could also charge obscenely expensive ad time for .NET. You could sell video archives on cd. You can have interviews with ubergeeks, politicians, lawmakers, even bladens based on questions from members. /. would be less US centric. Even Mr. Katz can spark off new ideas and enlighten even more people round the world. And Michael can propose on TV.

    -ram

    you read this psot here frist bzchx !