Saturday, November 24, 2007

Geo-fencing is killing the Net

The Internet was supposed to be this extraordinary place, with no boundaries and scarce rules, where information was supposed to flow freely; and users were to be happy about their free access to this precious wealth of information. What happened?

On the one corner stand newspapers and other publications, everyday giving you more content at absolutely no cost. Even the last few advocates of paid subscription models are opening up, realizing that the revenues lie in selling advertising, hence the higher the traffic, the more money they can generate.