Hi Jonathan,
"Jonathan W. Anderson" wrote:
> > Does anybody *really* think it is a useful 'invention'?
> > I think it's annoying.
> [...]
> free. Still those banner ads will help to support that content.
Sure, I understand that THEY need the money to stay alive and
online, but...
> Considering all the official and unofficial sites without subscription or
> sufficient
> e-commerce revenue, for better or worse I think you'll be seeing a lot more
> ads
> on your cellphone.
...I don't think (my very personal experience) that any company
can only exist by providing advertisements. To copy a concept what
was not really an success on the Internet (see all these closed
companys with the business model 'advertisements will pay my site')
and bring it to a very small screen on a PERSONAL device (you don't
share your mobile phone, aren't you?) can not have any success.
But I am interested what happens, because Japan is famous for being
different and maybe people see it as a fashion and start to collect
advertisement banners ;)
Let's wait and see. At least Dentsu and NTT get their revenue
stream.
J.
Received on Mon Sep 4 08:49:09 2000