[rowls66]

Another sign that the gold rush phase of the web is over. It is no longer enough for companies to just increase their active user base and be rewarded with a rising share price. Google gets paid for showing users adds, so if users aren’t looking at the adds, there is no reason to incur the cost of showing them content, and if they stop using the service, so be it.

It’s been 25 years, but it’s nice to see that fundamental economic principles still hold even on the internet. I expect that we will be seeing much more of this in the near future.