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You are right. Content is devalued due to abundance and us being a product. I'm sure a lot of us think the same way.

I would challenge us: What value do did we get out of it?

A dollar? $.50? $.10? $.01?

What we support grows. What relationship do we want with content? Do we want advertisers to control everything?

$.10 per casual view madly alters the equation.

Sadly, solutions like Flattr aren't gaining any traction.



I was going to donate 5$ or 10$, as I found the whole experiment and write up worth it - especially since the content was available for the masses to pique their interests.

I was unfortunately unable to so through Amazon Payments, as they only accept payments from US citizens at this moment. And I do not want/like to use Paypal.




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