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		axod on March 9, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How did the web lose faith in charging for stuff? If they did that, a competitor would quickly emerge that was free and of comparable quality, and ad supported. The fact is though, they make far more from advertising than they could ever hope to make charging.

jshen on March 9, 2009 [–]

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