Survey Surprise: People Do Pay for Online Content
Internet users don't always expect something for nothing, and will pay for what they could get for free, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project. Are the survey's findings a fluke, a sign of the times, or, perhaps, a belated Christmas gift for companies like the New York Times and Amazon?
Internet users don’t always expect something for nothing, and will pay for what they could get for free, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. Are the survey’s findings a fluke, a sign of the times, or, perhaps, a belated Christmas gift for companies like the New York Times and Amazon?
The report found that nearly two-thirds, or 65 percent, of the 755 users surveyed had paid to download or access some type of online content.
Digital music and software led the pack, with thirty-three percent of respondents saying they had paid for such items.
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