I believe that Web 2.0 sites will make money, however, not directly from the users. The Web 2.0 sites would be making their money from the advertisers that are advertising on their sites – when people link to the advertiser’s website they get a commission. I would not pay a subscription fee (at this time anyway) to use facebook or youtube because I am more into my music and my iPod rather than these sites. I think that a subscription fee would discourage use of these sites, and the percentage of users would drop. Lastly, if these sites would not make any money in five years, either from advertisers or users, then I think you could kiss these sites goodbye. The reason being, they would not have enough money to support themselves, and nobody would maintain these sites for free. No money, no website.
