Too easy to lose the very important distinction drawn towards the end of your post: that anything that requires context can be fee-based, while context-free information, like blog posts, can be given away.

What I think you are saying is that we get paid for customizing and tailoring, for analysis, in order to match content/solutions to context. Content without the context/customer/client, without the specific pain points, is more likely to be free.

I can see that. That is useful.

Universities (libraries of profs and courses) have much to worry about-- as do newspapers and the MSM (mainstream media).

thanks,