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Originally Posted by CamChameleon
What about newspapers that now charge subscriptions and the added value of advertising?
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That hasn't even come close to recouping the money lost. Newspapers have laid off thousands of workers and closed offices all around the country.
The problem with the proponents of freemium is they use conceptual, hypothetical arguments, but the truth is you can see the reality of the impact of freemium in the real world using real world examples. Hundreds of thousands of people are out of work because of freemium yet the proponents put forth one example of 10 people making a billion dollars or some other one-off success story as a counter argument.
It's cool if you like the idea of freemium and want to try it, but it reduces opportunity for the majority of people in a specific industry and that reduction in total money flowing negatively impacts the ENTIRE economy. You simply can't argue with it.