Users Want To Pay For Content

from the oh-really? dept

There's a quote from the ex-President of Digital Island saying that he was "shocked" to find out that "users don't mind paying for content any more". Of course, there's no explanation or stats to back this up. It's just stated as a fact. Somehow I have a hard time believing that. Yes, there are some people willing to pay for some content, but that doesn't equal users not minding paying for content at all.
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    alternatives, 13 Feb 2001 @ 10:48pm

    Yea, Pay for stuff.

    That is why all the Linux distros are making money, and all the Unixes lowered their prices on the software.

    Because people are lined up to BUY digital content!

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