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"Hooked on free Web services? Prepare to pay"

Unread postby hironegro » Sun 05 Apr 2009, 16:18:11

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'D')avid Lazarus
April 5, 2009
The Web is a great place to freeload. But that could be changing.

In the latest example of fees being introduced for a service that once came with no strings attached, Eastman Kodak Co. says it'll begin charging $4.99 to $19.99 annually for its previously free online photo-storage service, Kodak Gallery.

If you don't pay by May 16, the company warns, all your photos could be deleted.

"This puts people in a very difficult position," said Joe Ridout, a spokesman for the advocacy group Consumer Action. "This isn't just any commodity. These photos represent very important, emotional memories for a lot of people."

In other words, you'll pay to protect those memories, at least if you want to stay with Kodak. Or you'll start storing photos yourself on CDs or hard drives (which you probably should have done all along).

http://www.latimes.com/news/la-fi-lazarus5-2009apr05,0,6424699.column?track=rss

I really hope this does happen. Pay to play sounds a lot better than cloud computing to me.
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Re: "Hooked on free Web services? Prepare to pay"

Unread postby aldente » Sun 05 Apr 2009, 16:33:46

Should not be surprising, since the cost involved has to be absorbed by some entity the one of other way.
Just for promotional purposes, the end customer can be given a "time credit" and get something for nothing for an unspecified amount of time.
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Re: "Hooked on free Web services? Prepare to pay"

Unread postby hironegro » Sun 05 Apr 2009, 16:38:39

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('hironegro', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'D')avid Lazarus
April 5, 2009
The Web is a great place to freeload. But that could be changing.

In the latest example of fees being introduced for a service that once came with no strings attached, Eastman Kodak Co. says it'll begin charging $4.99 to $19.99 annually for its previously free online photo-storage service, Kodak Gallery.

If you don't pay by May 16, the company warns, all your photos could be deleted.

"This puts people in a very difficult position," said Joe Ridout, a spokesman for the advocacy group Consumer Action. "This isn't just any commodity. These photos represent very important, emotional memories for a lot of people."

In other words, you'll pay to protect those memories, at least if you want to stay with Kodak. Or you'll start storing photos yourself on CDs or hard drives (which you probably should have done all along).

http://www.latimes.com/news/la-fi-lazarus5-2009apr05,0,6424699.column?track=rss

I really hope this does happen. Pay to play sounds a lot better than cloud computing to me.

I live with my parents because I’m not some ass-hole who feels entitled to services and features with no cost?
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Re: "Hooked on free Web services? Prepare to pay"

Unread postby ReverseEngineer » Sun 05 Apr 2009, 16:42:46

So soon Dan is going to charge us to argue on Peak Oil?

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Re: "Hooked on free Web services? Prepare to pay"

Unread postby vision-master » Sun 05 Apr 2009, 16:48:04

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('hironegro', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('hironegro', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'D')avid Lazarus
April 5, 2009
The Web is a great place to freeload. But that could be changing.

In the latest example of fees being introduced for a service that once came with no strings attached, Eastman Kodak Co. says it'll begin charging $4.99 to $19.99 annually for its previously free online photo-storage service, Kodak Gallery.

If you don't pay by May 16, the company warns, all your photos could be deleted.

"This puts people in a very difficult position," said Joe Ridout, a spokesman for the advocacy group Consumer Action. "This isn't just any commodity. These photos represent very important, emotional memories for a lot of people."

In other words, you'll pay to protect those memories, at least if you want to stay with Kodak. Or you'll start storing photos yourself on CDs or hard drives (which you probably should have done all along).

http://www.latimes.com/news/la-fi-lazarus5-2009apr05,0,6424699.column?track=rss

I really hope this does happen. Pay to play sounds a lot better than cloud computing to me.

I live with my parents because I’m not some ass-hole who feels entitled to services and features with no cost?


You download free music, right! :lol:
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Re: "Hooked on free Web services? Prepare to pay"

Unread postby hironegro » Sun 05 Apr 2009, 17:31:51

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vision-master', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('hironegro', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('hironegro', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'D')avid Lazarus
April 5, 2009
The Web is a great place to freeload. But that could be changing.

In the latest example of fees being introduced for a service that once came with no strings attached, Eastman Kodak Co. says it'll begin charging $4.99 to $19.99 annually for its previously free online photo-storage service, Kodak Gallery.

If you don't pay by May 16, the company warns, all your photos could be deleted. What A Way To Go Life At The End Of Empire


"This puts people in a very difficult position," said Joe Ridout, a spokesman for the advocacy group Consumer Action. "This isn't just any commodity. These photos represent very important, emotional memories for a lot of people."

In other words, you'll pay to protect those memories, at least if you want to stay with Kodak. Or you'll start storing photos yourself on CDs or hard drives (which you probably should have done all along).

http://www.latimes.com/news/la-fi-lazarus5-2009apr05,0,6424699.column?track=rss

I really hope this does happen. Pay to play sounds a lot better than cloud computing to me.

I live with my parents because I’m not some ass-hole who feels entitled to services and features with no cost?


You download free music, right! :lol:

Even though I find the use of modern intellectual property rights questionable, I don’t download copyright material. I bought What A Way To Go Life At The End Of Empire, instead of torrenting it unlike some people. :roll:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'S')o soon Dan is going to charge us to argue on Peak Oil?


I used to post at somethingawful. You had to pay one time fee of ten dollars to activate your account, and you could pay other additional one time fees if you wanted an avatar, search function, private-messaging. Its a successful site.
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Re: "Hooked on free Web services? Prepare to pay"

Unread postby efarmer » Sun 05 Apr 2009, 17:46:34

I have also invested in something awful a few times and have
found that I prefer sites like this, where you get all sorts of
things, but every once in awhile, you can still count on
getting something that is really and truly awful and it is
all the better because it is absolutely free.

Is this a great country, or what?
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Re: "Hooked on free Web services? Prepare to pay"

Unread postby vision-master » Sun 05 Apr 2009, 17:50:17

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'E')ven though I find the use of modern intellectual property rights questionable, I don’t download copyright material.


Me neither, I just run the shows over the Internet without downloading them. 8)
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Re: "Hooked on free Web services? Prepare to pay"

Unread postby Jotapay » Sun 05 Apr 2009, 18:18:42

I keep telling you guys about Internet-2. It is coming.
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Re: "Hooked on free Web services? Prepare to pay"

Unread postby ReverseEngineer » Sun 05 Apr 2009, 18:30:21

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jotapay', 'I') keep telling you guys about Internet-2. It is coming.


When somebody asks me to pay for writing, I'm done writing.

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Re: "Hooked on free Web services? Prepare to pay"

Unread postby Schmuto » Sun 05 Apr 2009, 20:31:43

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ReverseEngineer', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jotapay', 'I') keep telling you guys about Internet-2. It is coming.


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Dude, with your prolix nature, you'd have to be Warren Buffet to post here if they charged by the word.
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Re: "Hooked on free Web services? Prepare to pay"

Unread postby TWilliam » Sun 05 Apr 2009, 22:41:14

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('aldente', 'J')ust for promotional purposes, the end customer can be given a "time credit" and get something for nothing for an unspecified amount of time.

The pusher's favorite scam. Get 'em hooked with a free sample, then ream 'em when they come back for their fix.

We knew this had to happen eventually. The advertising-driven model doesn't work on the 'Net thanks to filtering software, so it was only a matter of time before only those with deep pockets, or those who can compel demand so strongly that people willingly pay for content, will survive.
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Re: "Hooked on free Web services? Prepare to pay"

Unread postby ReverseEngineer » Sun 05 Apr 2009, 22:49:21

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Schmuto', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ReverseEngineer', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jotapay', 'I') keep telling you guys about Internet-2. It is coming.


When somebody asks me to pay for writing, I'm done writing.

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Dude, with your prolix nature, you'd have to be Warren Buffet to post here if they charged by the word.


I doubt Warren could afford it. I have WAY more words than he has money. LOL.

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Re: "Hooked on free Web services? Prepare to pay"

Unread postby Chuckmak » Mon 06 Apr 2009, 20:45:31

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ReverseEngineer', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Schmuto', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ReverseEngineer', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jotapay', 'I') keep telling you guys about Internet-2. It is coming.


When somebody asks me to pay for writing, I'm done writing.

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Dude, with your prolix nature, you'd have to be Warren Buffet to post here if they charged by the word.


I doubt Warren could afford it. I have WAY more words than he has money. LOL.

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...your short replies are disturbing, RE...are you mentally preparing for the charge per word? :lol:
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