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2015.05
Everything has a price - Another great episode. Just two thoughts:
(1) regarding the first part about content, ads, ethics and unknown social contracts: it's probably helpful not to lump every type of content producer together and to discuss the various brackets individually. A privatier lyricist obviously has different set of constraints and assumptions than the NYT or someone who wants to build a reputation for selling sth. else. Having said that it acutally boils down to one basic rule: don't worry too much about locking out freeriders, focus your energies on those who potentially want to pay or help you out instead. It's really that simple.
(2) regarding the segment about facebook zero and internet.org: isn't your discussion itself as ethnocentric as the 'digital imperialism' of Facebook? While Facebook is controlling the subset of accessible services based on some (probably good meaning but potentially evil) corporate POV, you basically think about a thumbs up or down for such programs based on some contingent moral and economic POV of yours which might affect billions of people. I'm playing the devils advocate here, because there is no way out of 'our' perspective (even asking the people affected what they actually think won't help, since they, again from our perspective, can't know what they are signing up for etc.)