David Hakala at ZDNet's Sm@rt Partner says Farewell and good riddance, free web!:

"How many worthy dreams have been dashed because dreamers lacked the courage to demand their rightful due? How much dreck has been put online because it cost nothing to inflict it upon the whole world? How much longer will it be before the dot-com generation learns what actor/comedian Danny Thomas told his daughter two decades ago:

'If it's worth doing, someone will pay you to do it. Otherwise, find something more useful to do.'

Rumor has it that Yahoo's auction site lost 90 percent of its listings when the company started charging sellers for listings. That's good. Now I can find a quality pool cue there without wading through cords of firewood with Budweiser logos stamped on them."