> Plenty of companies and services which people would pay a lot for choose to be ad-supported.
I don't think that's true, because they would charge for access and have ads. These are fairly rare.
>Google, Bing, and other search engines are ad-supported but, if they weren’t, I’d pay a lot for them in a blink of an eye.
Most people wouldn't or they would charge for access and increase their RoI. Search isn't really valuable to Google, they make most of their money in ads.
>plenty of them successfully transitioned to paid subscription model
That's not really true, you have massive consolation because their business model is nonviable any other way.
I don't think that's true, because they would charge for access and have ads. These are fairly rare.
>Google, Bing, and other search engines are ad-supported but, if they weren’t, I’d pay a lot for them in a blink of an eye.
Most people wouldn't or they would charge for access and increase their RoI. Search isn't really valuable to Google, they make most of their money in ads.
>plenty of them successfully transitioned to paid subscription model
That's not really true, you have massive consolation because their business model is nonviable any other way.