The first person who zaps will put it on archive.is and make it available for free π
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highly unlikely
ultimately information will always want to be free and specially digital information
systems don't need to be 100% bulletproof, because almost nothing is
I think the existence of arxhive speaks to the broken business model of #[4]β βs nemesis in the nyt.
1) subscribe monthly or annually
2) buy physical paper from dead trees
3) buy 99 other articles
4) navigate through 47 ads, and three opinion pieces on why nuclear war is good for you, so you can find the 1 article you want to read
#zapwall β’οΈ fixes this
How does that even work long term on a social media platform? You want people to read your articles and share it, thatβs why they are free, but if they canβt read, they canβt share. You engagement is going to be limited anyways .
It can include an unencrypted abstract
Look at onlyfans
onlyzaps* here π«‘
Look at movie theaters, or Netflix, or really any purchasable content
Same but different
Onlyfans is subscription based not pay per view. Most of these content creators on TWTR are not good enough to generate revenue through pay per view.
Whatβs onlyfans?
Itβs silly that in the year 2023 we havenβt tested this at scale. One model is to zapwall content a day or two early, and later release to all. There can always be an option to zap once content is open for all.
Most content purchasing decisions are made before consuming the content; you go to the movies before watching the movie.
