The “cheap” generation

benlreed —  September 29, 2010 — 4 Comments

If you’re a part of my generation, you probably expect that everything that’s digital should be free.

From music, to articles, to old sermons, podcasts, TV shows, and movies.  If you can find it online, it should be free, right?  And it should give you exactly the information that you want.  And you should be able to easily find it.  And it should be presented well, with a good eye for design.  And it shouldn’t be too long.  Or too short.  Or have too many internal links, because that’s just self-serving.  Or have too many external links, because I’m probably not going to click on them anyway.

You want it your way.  And you don’t want to have to pay a penny for it.

And for much of that, we can be thankful.  So many great leaders offer high-quality content online for no charge.  What a great blessing that our generation can enjoy.

What kind of content should be offered for free?

Is there a blog, a site, or a podcast you’d consider paying to get updated content from?  What makes it worth the cost for you?
 

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Christ follower, husband, father, writer, pastor of small groups at Long Hollow Baptist Church. Communications director for the Small Group Network.
  • http://twitter.com/RonEdmondson Ron Edmondson

    Just being honest here….your generation is the first to even think “digital”…When I was your age that was a finger…

    • http://www.benreed.net Ben Reed

      That’s true, Ron. Makes me wonder what’s coming for the next generation. Cultural changes are happening so quickly!

  • http://twitter.com/noelbagwell Noel Bagwell

    “Free” is the future, according to Free: The Future of a Radical Price by Chris Anderson (http://amzn.com/1401322905; http://nyr.kr/s79FP), author of Long Tail, The, Revised and Updated Edition: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More (http://amzn.com/1401309666). Really good books!

    • http://www.benreed.net Ben Reed

      Noel, do you read much Seth Godin? You’d like the way he thinks.