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Cloudflare says humans could become a "rounding error" as bots generate 1,000 times more internet traffic (www.techspot.com)
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[+] 3 points 3 months ago (5 children)
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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I've tried that before, but barely anyone donates. People expect the world for free.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Once something is perceived as free as the internet has been for ever. It is very hard to get people to pay for it.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    I think people will eventually have to get used to paying for things though, if bots / AI / ad blockers kill off the feasibility of online advertising. Either that or everything becoming a freemium service with major limits for free users.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    Yeah, my shareware did real well - 800 hours in development, $500 in income across the past 30 years. Oh, and it cost me $400 for the compiler tools back then - so my net profit is rolling in at $0.12 per hour invested. Warning: $440 of that $500 came from an extreme niche product you're unlikely to find such a lucrative vein anymore. My game only netted $60 in return for 400 hours of development, but you could say I got the compiler "for free" off that niche product's income.

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