Comment I will never pay for an online comic (Score 2) 115
I will never pay for an online magazine either.
This idiotic way of thinking was tested once by CompuServ and failed miserably.
People will only pay per view if they feel they are paying for something that has a live vs. recorded value (boxing) or if it is porn and they need it at the time. For everything else, there's the flat tax model used by the cable companies - you will pay $35/month no matter how much you view of which channel. Want some more channels? pay more tax! How does the content maker get paid? an independent third party keeps track of the number of views he got.
This idiotic way of thinking was tested once by CompuServ and failed miserably.
People will only pay per view if they feel they are paying for something that has a live vs. recorded value (boxing) or if it is porn and they need it at the time. For everything else, there's the flat tax model used by the cable companies - you will pay $35/month no matter how much you view of which channel. Want some more channels? pay more tax! How does the content maker get paid? an independent third party keeps track of the number of views he got.
