When the internet was only a gleam in Al Gore’s eye, I saw a show about how technology would open up new ways to pay for things. For example, you could watch a movie with normal commercial interruptions, or you could take a survey, and the sponsor of the survey would foot the bill. <\/p>\n
Somewhere along the way, we lost most of those revenue innovations. Things settled on just a few models: Free supported by ads, pay per use, and monthly membership. There are exceptions — like just now, when I got the offer in the subject of this post from Spotify — but generally speaking, despite our ability to do really cool things, people don’t. <\/p>\n
I think that’s a shame. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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