Re: Paying for games

From: silver@phoenyx.net (Karen J. Cravens)

Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000

In article <7aakba$1l0k$1@quince.news.easynet.net>,
summit@easynet.co.uk (Steve Walker) wrote:
>free' or something along those lines? The reasoning is that it costs
>nothing for you to send me an email so why do I need to pay for it. Of
>course it's going to be harder and harder to find people to pay enough
>to keep a business running when all they get in return is an email.

I'm not so sure of this.  Right now, people have the expectation
that the whole freakin' Internet is free, and not just free, it's
OWED to 'em.  (I blame advertisers.  Banner ads are a tool of
Satan.)  Eventually, the whole advertising market is going to
bottom out, and people are not going to be mortally offended that
they're expected to pay for something on the net.  There'll be
fewer customers, granted, but they'll be more serious ones.

--  Karen Cravens      | Phoenyx PBeM RPG Listserver: majordomo@phoenyx.net
    silver@phoenyx.net | http://www.phoenyx.net/
              Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow.

References

Bye everyone!
Phil Shulkind <phil@phildee.demon.co.uk>
Sat, 13 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Bye everyone!
"Jon B." <jbbiz1@aol.com>
Mon, 15 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Bye everyone!
Shadowjack <peladon@peladon.demon.co.uk>
Mon, 15 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Paying for games
summit@easynet.co.uk (Steve Walker)
Tue, 16 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Bye everyone!
Phil Shulkind <phil@phildee.demon.co.uk>
Sat, 13 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Bye everyone!
"Jon B." <jbbiz1@aol.com>
Mon, 15 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Bye everyone!
Shadowjack <peladon@peladon.demon.co.uk>
Mon, 15 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Paying for games
summit@easynet.co.uk (Steve Walker)
Tue, 16 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000