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POPSWhy does everything on the web have to be free? I often think about this and wonder why it has become so expected that services on the web are free. Offline, people don't question paying for things. Ring tones, iphone apps, caller ID all get paid for. But god forbid services like Twitter or Facebook decided to charge $5/month, it would be unacceptable. I don't get it and i think it hurts the web. Too many companies (including mine) that have compelling products can't figure out how to monetize them so they end up giving up enormous equity and control to venture capitalists because that's the only way to keep the lights on. Personally, i think we'd all enjoy the web a lot more if we paid a few more bucks each month for services we enjoy and it became much less about tracking user behavior and serving ads. It would also keep the innovators who create the services in charge instead of venture capitalists...wouldn't that be cool.
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