I've dropped as much Google as is practically possible years ago. There is the odd thing or two you can't avoid because they're exclusive (and likely the first up against the paywall) and unavailable on alternative sites.
This is yet another warning to those who haven't because of laziness, inconvenience or investment.
I hope they follow through with this. It will work out for them just as well as it did for every newspaper that went behind a paywall and are now laying people off by the thousands as they circle the drain.
I degoogled in 2018 I think. I do still have an Android phone, although I do my best to disable things on it. I looked at taking it to LineageOS as some software crap destroyed the battery life overnight, but not supported unfortunately. That's what I get for getting a "nicer" phone.
Google's traditional search engine would remain free of charge but would continue to appear with ads alongside searched-for content, which subscribers would also see, the FT said.
The article states that traditional searching will remain free but the Financial Times article contradicts it by stating that ads will appear for subscribers so it looks like there will be a subscription for traditional searching, if not now, in the future. Free and ads or pay with the same amount of ads makes zero logical or financial sense.
Time to switch search engine if you've been putting it off.
The problem is that paywalling everything isn't a sustainable model for individuals and households. Life will get prohibitively expensive if everything was paywalled. It would also herald the time of "you will own nothing and you'll be happy".
All of the free stuff was based on growth and getting investments for that growth. They can't grow anymore, so money making schemes are needed.
Now? The fuck is wrong with you. You should've done this 6 years ago.
I've dropped as much Google as is practically possible years ago. There is the odd thing or two you can't avoid because they're exclusive (and likely the first up against the paywall) and unavailable on alternative sites.
This is yet another warning to those who haven't because of laziness, inconvenience or investment.
I hope they follow through with this. It will work out for them just as well as it did for every newspaper that went behind a paywall and are now laying people off by the thousands as they circle the drain.
I degoogled in 2018 I think. I do still have an Android phone, although I do my best to disable things on it. I looked at taking it to LineageOS as some software crap destroyed the battery life overnight, but not supported unfortunately. That's what I get for getting a "nicer" phone.
The article states that traditional searching will remain free but the Financial Times article contradicts it by stating that ads will appear for subscribers so it looks like there will be a subscription for traditional searching, if not now, in the future. Free and ads or pay with the same amount of ads makes zero logical or financial sense.
Time to switch search engine if you've been putting it off.
Is the internet finally learning that ad revenue isn't a sustainable business model?
The problem is that paywalling everything isn't a sustainable model for individuals and households. Life will get prohibitively expensive if everything was paywalled. It would also herald the time of "you will own nothing and you'll be happy".
If google vanished tomorrow, nothing of value would be lost.
And they want people to pay to keep them around?