Doesn’t seem to work in the real world. Most orgs over-value their content and don’t seem to realize that more effort put in does not translate to higher value (or real/perceived utility to the reader).
Hence the passive revenue generation of advertising. Once people have to put a number of resource they’re willing to pay next to the article they clicked on out of curiosity, they decide it’s not worth bothering.
or most users undervalue their content? who's to say who is in the right?
The fact is, users are currently used to free content. What can be done, business model-wise, to keep it that way, but remove ads from the equation? I don't see a way unfortunately.
Hence the passive revenue generation of advertising. Once people have to put a number of resource they’re willing to pay next to the article they clicked on out of curiosity, they decide it’s not worth bothering.