Wikiquote

Paywall

system that prevents Internet users from accessing webpage content without a paid subscription or fee

A paywall is a system that prevents Internet users from accessing webpage content without a paid subscription.

Quotes

edit

B

edit
  • On the one hand information wants to be expensive, because it's so valuable. The right information in the right place just changes your life. On the other hand, information wants to be free, because the cost of getting it out is getting lower and lower all the time. So you have these two fighting against each other.

L

edit
  • The brief history of the internet is dominated by wishful thinking about turning internet traffic into revenue; companies that have managed to do it are vastly outnumbered by those who have learned the cruel new information era twist on ‘if you build it, they will come.’ The modern form of that now runs: ‘if you build it, they may well come, but only as long as it’s free.’
  • The internet is the most effective means of giving stuff away for free that humanity has ever devised. Actually making money from it is not just hard, it may be fundamentally opposed to the character and momentum of the net. And yet this is where the newspaper business now is.

R

edit
  • Professionals need direct access to industry knowledge, data and insights from expert sources, and Reuters is pleased to offer our trusted, impartial and accurate news coverage through a premium offering

See also

edit
edit
Find more information on Paywall by searching Wikiquote's sister projects
  Encyclopedia articles from Wikipedia
  Dictionary definitions from Wiktionary
  Textbooks from Wikibooks
  Source texts from Wikisource
  Images and media from Commons
  News stories from Wikinews
  Learning resources from Wikiversity
Retrieved from "https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Paywall&oldid=3602009"