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It's not that Paul doesn't understand the Internet. It's that Paul doesn't understand the modern economy and commercial marketplaces that thrive in 2016. Paul does not understand business and doesn't accede the fact that it's coders and innovators who are revolutionising the way the world consumes and uses content.
The bulk of new content business models are to give things away for free and then charge for premium features or content.
Even when it comes to digital disruption businesses like Uber or AirBnB you see legacy industries decimated by the new sharing economy - and this is all still in it's infancy.
Paul, I am sorry to say this but you are out of touch, so completely out of touch that your dismay at how things happen now is being displayed in endless online rants about the way you think things should be.
The world has moved on into new business models and
Paul still talks about audio tape as if it's something one could market today.
I'm sorry Paul, there is no easy way to say this to you without being blunt about it. You have lost touch with how the world works. You have no involvement or understanding when it comes to modern business and your irritation at not understanding that comes through in your incoherent, specious and outdated arguments is painful to observe.
Just accept that things won't be the way you think they should be, because the way you think things should be ended over 20 years ago. The world has moved on and you haven't.