The publishers, hundreds of them, need to get together for this to work. They have a collective action problem.https://twitter.com/chartier/status/645232358812184576 …
@Chanders @chartier @academicdave Why? It's just a subscription service. Cable TV isn't collusion. Many examples.
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@zeynep@Chanders@chartier@academicdave cable only worked as an industry because carriers were a natural monopoly bulwarked by regulation -
@aram@Chanders@chartier@academicdave So let them organize a collective publishers union of a thousand sites. Just for subbing. - Show replies
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@zeynep@Chanders@chartier@academicdave micropayment scheme might avoid that challenge via blockchain, but still game theory effects.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@zeynep@Chanders@academicdave Readability launched as a service for this, but fumbled some of the execution, largely publisher relations.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@zeynep@Chanders@academicdave I watched the whole thing and learned a number of good lessons. I think I know how this could be solved.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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