It's not a perfect world: The New York Times is failing. Nobody makes their living on Yours. The assumption that paywalls are working and have been for a long time doesn't have evidence to support it. Unwriter blogged about this explicitly, "information wants to be free". It's an attention economy. The key is to maintain ownership while allowing content to be reproducible, so that if a distributor / syndicator makes a profit off your work you are able to prove your ownership.
Rethink EVERYTHING. In the future, you won't pay an ISP -- you'll pay for access to a Bitcoin full node. Content will be cached algorithmically based on how frequently it is accessed. Instead of paying hosting, sites can cover the costs of maintaining servers based on a payment channel model, similar to WeatherSV. High traffic sites can earn income based on how frequently people visit their website. The whole system of monthly payment models / subscriptions becomes obselete, as does ad revenue. With zero costs to host, content creators can focus on creating content, and they will get paid regardless of how far downstream they get the views.
It's not a perfect world: The New York Times is failing. Nobody makes their living on Yours. The assumption that paywalls are working and have been for a long time doesn't have evidence to support it. Unwriter blogged about this explicitly, "information wants to be free". It's an attention economy. The key is to maintain ownership while allowing content to be reproducible, so that if a distributor / syndicator makes a profit off your work you are able to prove your ownership.
Rethink EVERYTHING. In the future, you won't pay an ISP -- you'll pay for access to a Bitcoin full node. Content will be cached algorithmically based on how frequently it is accessed. Instead of paying hosting, sites can cover the costs of maintaining servers based on a payment channel model, similar to WeatherSV. High traffic sites can earn income based on how frequently people visit their website. The whole system of monthly payment models / subscriptions becomes obselete, as does ad revenue. With zero costs to host, content creators can focus on creating content, and they will get paid regardless of how far downstream they get the views.