There should be a huge collection (I called it a book or catalog at the time because the Internet wasn’t widely available yet) that does all the different companies that do X things or provide Y service (kinda like yellow pages, but with more information than just a phone number) that is filterable in tons of ways (by default, region) and if you need or want anything you just look up who provides it and make your decision by the information available there.
But it should stay contained in that book (or whatever form it takes) and legally not be allowed outside of it. Every other piece of “free” content (podcasts, and people you find interesting) should actually be free.
Yes, that’s why I mentioned it. But now it CAN be updated constantly. We don’t need a book of phone numbers anymore, we need a directory of links to them. We need to be able to filter what we need beyond just through the alphabet and what we assume it would be filed under.
And, most importantly, we need laws that strictly limit any commercial mention whatsoever outside of that whatever you call it. Directory sounds like a decent word, but a marketer would have a more modern term for it.
I don’t know how it could be default sorted fairly it anytime, I’m not pretending to solve that problem. I’m just saying we would all be better off if we never had to see ads ever, at all, unless we were specifically in the market for something. Never waiting on a commercial for TV or streaming regardless of subscription tier, etc etc.
Obviously it doesn’t cost anything to use, and the motivation for keeping it updated falls on the business trying to make sure they can be found. It’s just a win for everybody except billionaires trying to condition people with ads now.
I’ve said this since being a kid in the 90s.
There should be a huge collection (I called it a book or catalog at the time because the Internet wasn’t widely available yet) that does all the different companies that do X things or provide Y service (kinda like yellow pages, but with more information than just a phone number) that is filterable in tons of ways (by default, region) and if you need or want anything you just look up who provides it and make your decision by the information available there.
But it should stay contained in that book (or whatever form it takes) and legally not be allowed outside of it. Every other piece of “free” content (podcasts, and people you find interesting) should actually be free.
But capitalism.
Yellow pages were basically that collection.
And at least on my country, depending on your phone company it was free to get
But the convenience of having up to date info on a website that you could search from home won against that
It’s not just cApItAlIsM. It’s people’s choices
Yes, that’s why I mentioned it. But now it CAN be updated constantly. We don’t need a book of phone numbers anymore, we need a directory of links to them. We need to be able to filter what we need beyond just through the alphabet and what we assume it would be filed under.
And, most importantly, we need laws that strictly limit any commercial mention whatsoever outside of that whatever you call it. Directory sounds like a decent word, but a marketer would have a more modern term for it.
I don’t know how it could be default sorted fairly it anytime, I’m not pretending to solve that problem. I’m just saying we would all be better off if we never had to see ads ever, at all, unless we were specifically in the market for something. Never waiting on a commercial for TV or streaming regardless of subscription tier, etc etc.
Obviously it doesn’t cost anything to use, and the motivation for keeping it updated falls on the business trying to make sure they can be found. It’s just a win for everybody except billionaires trying to condition people with ads now.