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Originally Posted by Barefootsies
Exactly.
No where in the real business world... the gas station, local donut shop, neighborhood industry, music, movies.... are things just "given away for free". Fucking business 101. The cost must be passed to the consumer.
The fact is that a bunch of retards in this business who know nothing about conversions, and let greed and laziness influence their business decisions defined the web of today.
Because of them, you have many who think they do not have to pay for things, and anything on the net should be free or very minimal cost.
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How about the business world we do business in... The Internet. Are things not given away for free? Have google and the other giants not taught surfers you don't have to pay to enjoy things.
What about facebook? I'm sure classmates.com thinks of facebook the way some people think of tubes.
How much money have you spent on Youtube? MySpace? Facebook? Espn? Cnn?
If you think the cost must be passed on to the customer and that's the only way it can be then you are in for a rough ride no matter what business you are operating in. Things have changed.
The other thing to remember is the barrier to entry to our industry is still low. There are a lot of webmasters in poor countries that don't need to make $1000 a month for it to be worthwhile. That's just the reality of it. So what may seem retarded to you makes perfect sense to them.