| Burek said: Printed magazines are not dependent on ad revenue? Wow, I.....just wow. |
I strongly suggest you take a step back and look at the big picture.
On one hand you have a system where money is generated solely by traffic and in the other you have a system where its the quality and integrity of the product that creates the traffic . That quality has to be really their to warrant people paying for it.
If you can honestly sit there and say or assume that its the exact same thing then there really would be no point having this discussion with you.
But think of it this way, imagine that you had to pay to read a review on a site. And that every review on the market was behind a pay wall. That game reviews are a paid service and only this that pay are able to see the reviews. Do you think clicbaiy reviews will still exist? Do you think companies that get paid to provide reviews would scrutinize their staff more and validate their credentials and/or qualifications more? Do you think these companies would risk the credibility of their publications for handouts and/or trinkents from publishers?
What's funny is, if their is a site that offers restricted paid for ad free access to take news, interviews and reviews... I'll sign up in a heart beat.
Hmmm... that gives me an idea.
