Posting Date: January 24, 2003

Dive Into Premium -- "A new and better way to experience the "Dive Into" empire! For only a few cents a day, you get fast, uncluttered access to your favorite "Dive Into" sites, with premium features available only to subscribers."

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This is becoming more and more common, and more importantly accepted. As ad prices drop then high quality sites that have high quality content are going to be able to charge.

Why is everything on the internet surposed to be free? If I go on the internet to an e-commerce store I still have to pay for the item. People pay collages to "teach" them. Its accepted that you have to pay for collage, because its "collage". In reality though we live in the information age and information is power. The more info you have the better you are. Do you pay for a daily morning newspaper? Why do you pay for that? Shouldn't it be free like the internet too? The newspaper is the same content as the internet, just a different medium. Should Office Max give away free software since its "just" a CD?

Thats what I thought

Posted by: Blaine on January 24, 2003 08:37 PM

I don't pay for newspapers. I steal my landlord's copy, which the delivery people keep bringing even though he moved out months ago.

And don't get your panties in too much of a twist. Read the bottom.

Posted by: Su on January 24, 2003 09:28 PM

He he. It's so much fun to chase my referrers and find out who doesn't read all the way through.

Posted by: Mark on January 24, 2003 11:24 PM

If you hadn't included the "free porn" bit Mark, it might have been a trifle more convincing. :)

Posted by: MadMan on January 25, 2003 12:00 AM

I thought Blaine was only twisted about those who might argue that all should be free, not just diveintomark.

I signed up, by the way.

Posted by: Frank on January 25, 2003 06:15 PM

"...since I don't see why I should give a shit about all you fucking freeloaders. Er, I mean potential customers."

Makes me want to rush right out and pony up $40 a year. Yeah, I'm sure it's meant in jest. So what?

I hope you find enough people who think your site is worth paying for, as it is your right to do whatever you want with your content.

Posted by: on January 27, 2003 04:17 PM

Urk. I'm an idiot. That's why no one would ever pay for *my* content...

Posted by: JohnB on January 27, 2003 04:21 PM

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