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by digi_owl 4089 days ago
I seem to recall a recent article claiming that companies has started to ask themselves the same thing.
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TheOtherHobbes 4089 days ago
There's always been something cargo culty about online advertising.

If that market implodes, it's going to be... interesting.

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ghaff 4089 days ago
I thought that a while ago. It hasn't happened yet but that doesn't mean it won't. And even if it doesn't implode, it could certainly decline significantly.

A HUGE amount of the "free" services and content that pretty much all of us take so much for granted around the web are directly or indirectly supported by online advertising. Take that away and, as you say, it will be interesting.

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toomuchtodo 4089 days ago
Gmail? I'd pay for. Netflix? I already pay for. Online content? Sure, I'll pay a few bucks a month for the Economist or the NY Times. I already pay for Evernote, Flickr, etc.

What free services am I going to miss?

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ghaff 4086 days ago
Search? Pretty much all content provided beyond the individual level (and even some of that)?
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