27 Time to degooglefy - Google considering paywalling AI search, signals to eventually move away from the ad-supported (free) model to a hybrid ad-supported and as a service (paywall) model for its ecosystem. (archive.is) posted 233 days ago by TheOpiner 233 days ago by TheOpiner +27 / -0 11 comments share 11 comments share save hide report block hide replies
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".