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In reply to the discussion: Verizon's diabolical plan to turn the Web into pay-per-view [View all]truedelphi
(32,324 posts)That explains what is at stake.
Do you really want to have an internet that is only big corporations spouting off about how great their products are?
Or where for Earl G and Skinner to have DU up and running, they need some $ 200,000 a month to do so?
Now in their case it might be possible - there are close to 200K users here, so if everyone paid a dollar a month, it could still be up and running.
But then, with regards to other sites, you wouldn't have your favorite blogs about parenting, or crayfishing, or white water rafting, or the YouTubes that teach you how to play the refrain for "Stairway to Heaven." If every site costs a minimum of an exorbitant amount, you can easily see that the internet would soon be nothing but Norwegian Cruise Lines, Disney Land and the Mainsteam News.