[justaguyhere]

Or educate users to pay for quality and make quality websites/products so we don't have to depend on advertising. This would be insanely difficult to pull off, but it is at least worth a try.

The incumbents have trained users to expect everything on the internet for free. People think they pay $75 (or whatever their internet connection costs) and that should cover everything - news, search, email...

How many people even pay for super important stuff like email? No wonder ads are everywhere, like bad smell.

[Nasrudith]

That sounds like you are asking the customer to serve the market instead of the market to serve the customer.

[throwaways885]

$75 should cover the basics, including a sub to Facebook/Google if you want it. It's far too much to pay for only the internet pipes.