This discussion reminds me of the situation in the 90s. Around 1995 when the internet slowly transformed from a toy for tech nerds into what it is today, There was much talk about commercialisation and how this would impact the freedom we enjoyed so far.
Now we have paywall sites, but also Wikipedia, Stack Overflow and an abundance of free stuff, a lot more than back in the days when the internet was still a tiny playground.
So .. I guess it is just impossible to predict what the future will bring, but I am not overly pessimistic.
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This discussion reminds me of the situation in the 90s. Around 1995 when the internet slowly transformed from a toy for tech nerds into what it is today, There was much talk about commercialisation and how this would impact the freedom we enjoyed so far.
Now we have paywall sites, but also Wikipedia, Stack Overflow and an abundance of free stuff, a lot more than back in the days when the internet was still a tiny playground.
So .. I guess it is just impossible to predict what the future will bring, but I am not overly pessimistic.