I will pay for content that is worth paying for, e.g. the NY Times, Netflix,
NFL Network. I will not pay for camera reviews.
Cheers,
Nathan
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> On 30 Nov 2015, at 19:02, Bill Pearce <billcpearce@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 1. A couple of years, or until the last paid subscriber drops.
>
> 2. A day later, or until they try to make a go of it for free and that
> doesn't work.
>
> 3. No, they don't. I tried subscribing to Reid Reviews once and it isn't
> inexpensive. The content is, well, quirky, and the language is pretentious.
> I'm outta there.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Ken Norton
> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2015 11:17 AM
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: [OM] LL - Taking bets
>
> So, this is supposed to be the last day of accessibility to
> Luminous-Landscape before they implement the pay wall. Granted, it's
> only a buck a month, but this will be a great study in how to kill a
> website.
>
> Back when we launched zone-10, that was going to be one of the things
> we implemented was a pay wall for additional features and content.
> While we never developed out the site and services offered to warrant
> it, the one thing I learned through the research was that it was a bad
> idea. It is self-filtering and self-limiting. In other words, the only
> people who will willingly pay are those who are essentially already in
> the club.
>
> Three questions:
>
> 1. How long will it take until they tear down the pay wall?
> 2. How long until the website shuts down entirely?
> 3. Does anybody really care because the site isn't relevant anyway?
>
> AG Schnozz
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