How much would you pay for subscriptions to the following websites?

hatersunite · 10-22-2009, 11:20 PM

So in my educational pursuits there are 3 necessary websites that I cannot live without. And I'm not alone here.

So I was wondering why these sites don't cost money. They could increase profits IMO. So how much would you pay per year for the following sites?

Mine -

Wikipedia - I'd spend at least $100 a year. At least. My limit is probably more towards 200-300 bucks a year.

Sparknotes - $15 a year. Sparknotes is critical in your early High School years. But at this point I'm not really reading long or huge books. I'm reading short sections or short stories/plays/poems. I use sparknotes but it's certainly the least important of these 3 sites to me.

EasyBib - $50 a year. This saves me so much time effort (and points). It's unbelievable. Especially considering their new autocite features. I was shocked to know a good amount of kids don't use this. It is the stuff of legends.

^_^ v_v · 10-22-2009, 11:32 PM

i would spend a ton of money for gmail

probably some for cc and usenet access

and that's about all i do on the internets

Wartsandall · 10-22-2009, 11:50 PM

I know that I wouldn't spend money on CC...or at least not on hsl...I don't want to be on hsl lol

Millancad · 10-22-2009, 11:54 PM

I love wikipedia. I would pay good money for that. People used to, back when they bought encyclopedias. At least $100/yr.
If I had to pay for access to my email (yahoo) I would just switch to another service. I would be willing to pay a small amount for gmail, which I also have, since I really like google docs. Maybe $10-20.
I'd pay about $40/year for IMDb. It's useful and I waste a ton of time on it.
I'd have to pay for jake and amir and xkcd. Probably whatever a newspaper subscription is, that's what I'd pay.
I'd pay $40 for CC and my other forum each.

fairy_dreams · 10-23-2009, 01:01 AM

Hey now....Don't be giving these sites (CC) any ideas....

meadow36 · 10-23-2009, 01:30 AM

Haha I would not pay to use CC.

Wartsandall · 10-23-2009, 04:59 PM

^I probably wouldn't either...

Zapz · 10-23-2009, 05:04 PM

"I know that I wouldn't spend money on CC...or at least not on hsl...I don't want to be on hsl lol "

Yes you will pay. =)

AeroEngineer3141 · 10-23-2009, 05:07 PM

The makers of these websites decided that educational pursuit outweighed the benefits of monetary income. Wikipedia especially follows in the sharing spirit of open-source software.

peachpuff · 10-23-2009, 05:22 PM

hulu is now charging money...

Wartsandall · 10-23-2009, 05:23 PM

^No way, are they really?

generallyrong · 10-23-2009, 05:43 PM

If wikipedia started charging money, wouldn't most of the user ship and therefore the user collaborated creation and editing of content leave?