I don’t think I would.
And according to a survey, neither would most of the internet users.
A sizable (what’s that?) amount of respondents answered the crucial question of whether or not they would subscribe to internet services, such as Wikipedia, YouTube or the BBC iPlayer and many more.
The results were not so shocking as well. It reported that vast majority of people simply would not bother to pay for material they already get free of charge.
Of the services that people are ready to pay for the biggest proportion was 25% for the BBC iPlayer, but only 2% said they would pay for Twitter.
However, this would definitely not bother Rupert Murdoch, who has announced that his firm will be charging for some of their contents within this year.
And the justification for Murdoch’s proposition is likely. It is also likely that he, with all his genius (whatever people might think of him) for turning things around and making money where there was none, will be making even more money with his subscription model.
That is because people will pay online for something they need.
In my opinion, user friendly, reasonably priced services with up-to-date content would attract enough users to justify the fee. Generalised material is out of reckoning but niche, targeted information really does sell. That’s where a new entrepreneur looking for making money through content can make a fortune.