A new survey suggests that most Canadians feel news should be free and accessible for anyone, while also believing that media will find other ways to make money.

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    1 year ago

    You know someone has to pay for websites right? Like If no one donated to Wikipedia they would not exist. If you want to get back to “The Real Internet” you are going to have to start hosting all your own images, blog posts, e-mail server…

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      1 year ago

      Taking away advertising doesn’t take that away. It just means websites no longer free load by wasting our free time.

      If you want to get back to “The Real Internet” you are going to have to start hosting all your own images, blog posts, e-mail server

      No, you wouldn’t. But also not a terrible idea. We don’t need 90% of the content online. We need most of it scrubbed.