[DeTomaso] Future of the email list

Douglas Kelm dakelm at qwest.net
Wed Apr 20 14:07:44 EDT 2016


WHOA!!!!!!! Slow down there Willy boy! There's so many misstatements of
facts and logical inconsistencies in #5, I don't know where to start!
Outside of sunsets on the beach (a PUBLIC beach, that is), the air you
breath and moonlight walks with your sweetie, few things in life are free.
And I'm willing (no pun intended) to bet your sweetie isn't exactly free
either! "Once you have to pay for it, it either isn't enjoyable or you
wouldn't pay for it, even if it's cheap." WTF does that even mean?!!!!!
You've never paid for anything that was enjoyable? Twitter? Don't want it at
any price. Yahoo groups? Am a member of several and WOULD pay if required.
Youtube? Use it all the time, but could live without it if I'd never
discovered it. All the preceding are ad based revenue generators, much like
newspapers and magazines, both of which could survive without subscription
income. They don't NEED to charge YOU anything 'cause they're charging
SOMEBODY ELSE! #6: If you willing to pay for something that others enjoy for
free, that's called charity, and it's a good thing which all (or most) of us
support in one form or another, as long as it's not forced upon us (note to
all the "Social Democrats" lurking out there!). 

Doug

-----Original Message-----
From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf Of Will Kooiman
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 6:35 AM
To: detomaso at poca.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Future of the email list

My points.


5.  I strongly disagree that nothing should be free.  Some of the best
things in life are free.  Once you have to pay for it, it either isn¹t
enjoyable or you wouldn¹t pay for it, even if it¹s cheap.  Would you join
Facebook if you had to pay $20?  What about Twitter, yahoo groups, youtube?
How many of us have watched the engine masters videos?  Would you pay per
view?  How many of us download free apps, but won¹t pay $1 for the same type
of app that might be better?

6.  Of course, I understand that the mail list, the website, Profiles, etc.
costs money to run, and that¹s why I¹m a POCA member - partly for Profiles +
the newsletter, but also to help support the community.

Will.







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