Yahoo! Thinking About Charging For Services
from the yeah,-so? dept
News.com is making a big deal out of a report that Yahoo! is thinking about charging for some services. Even the article admits, though, that Yahoo! has been thinking about this for years. It's nothing new. In fact, Yahoo! already does charge for premium services, like additional mail space, or Yahoo! stores. I don't think there's anything wrong with charging for some of those services. However, if they start trying to charge for content, I doubt it will do particularly well. I also think Yahoo! is smart enough to realize what not to charge for. So, while it makes a good headline, I think this one is mostly non-news.
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