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Charging to use low carb websites
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britishpub
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Low Carb is a business to these people, lots of money to be made.
They are not promoting it for Altruistic reasons, even if they would like to try to make you think that.
I'm sure they love it when someone describes it as a "cause". The cash registers are rolling
They are not promoting it for Altruistic reasons, even if they would like to try to make you think that.
I'm sure they love it when someone describes it as a "cause". The cash registers are rolling
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Having heard Zoe Harcombe speak and having had some email discourse with her, I have found her to be a genuine and warm individual. However, no matter how altruistic or philanthropic we would everyone people to be, they have to pay their bills too.
As these sites, diets and publications are how they earn their incomes, and attaching running costs for the websites, why would I grudge anyone's right to exercise their options? When working, I didn't ever consider giving up my salary because it would be a nice thing to do. Since working independently I have, from time to time, done work without charging fees, but I'm fortunate that having worked as hard as I have done, any such gestures don't impact my standard of living.
My view is there are many, many free sites and resources out there, so choosing to pay to subscribe to a website is an absolutely personal choice, and could be viewed as a gesture of appreciation by the subscriber.
Personally, aside from purchasing the odd publication and my attendance at the PHCUK Conference, back in June, I haven't paid any website subscriptions. The value of the information and advice I have found, and on other sites I use has been invaluable, if not priceless.
Indy51
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I go back and forward in my head about such matters. Bottom line seems to be the law of supply and demand. If people keep requesting services and are willing to pay for them, someone will satisfy that demand.
I heard an amusing interview with Dr Jason Fung recently where he was talking about the book he and Jimmy Moore are writing about fasting. He made a joke to the effect that he previously thought that a book wasn't necessary - how hard could it be, just don't eat. But people being people like to complicate things and ask questions, hence the book. Nobody is sticking a gun to anyone's head and forcing them to buy it if they're not interested in the subject.
I often buy books as a gesture of support for the author's previous free work - people like Robb Wolf, Mark Sisson and their amazing websites that have helped me enormously - so I bought their books. And in the case of researchers like Volek, Phinney & Westman because I like to think the income from the books helps them stay in their chosen field.
People don't mind seem to mind the JK Rowling's of the world making squillions from writing successful novels, but if a doctor writes a book about their chosen field of expertise (or starts charging for online services) then they're somehow betraying "the cause"? Why shouldn't they make a living like everyone else?
I heard an amusing interview with Dr Jason Fung recently where he was talking about the book he and Jimmy Moore are writing about fasting. He made a joke to the effect that he previously thought that a book wasn't necessary - how hard could it be, just don't eat. But people being people like to complicate things and ask questions, hence the book. Nobody is sticking a gun to anyone's head and forcing them to buy it if they're not interested in the subject.
I often buy books as a gesture of support for the author's previous free work - people like Robb Wolf, Mark Sisson and their amazing websites that have helped me enormously - so I bought their books. And in the case of researchers like Volek, Phinney & Westman because I like to think the income from the books helps them stay in their chosen field.
People don't mind seem to mind the JK Rowling's of the world making squillions from writing successful novels, but if a doctor writes a book about their chosen field of expertise (or starts charging for online services) then they're somehow betraying "the cause"? Why shouldn't they make a living like everyone else?
kokhongw
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The fact is that there is enough free information on Diet Doctor to make an informed decision to change to low carb. I signed up as a member simply because I support what they are doing, that they can continue to provide some good freely available info.. It does require significant resources (time/equipments/talents/bandwidth etc) to put some of the material together and make them accessible.
