1) It couldn't serve ads in a controlled manner. The lack of monetization made sure that most people paid for usenet access allowing 'free' http driven apps to take over.
2) Most ISPs didn't provide much information if they had a NNTP server users could use, and NNTP readers didn't come with most users computers. HTTP did.
3) It wasn't exciting to new users. Web went from mostly text to multimedia as internet connection speeds increased.
> Most ISPs didn't provide much information if they had a NNTP server users could use, and NNTP readers didn't come with most users computers. HTTP did.
Until Outlook Express was replaced by Windows Mail, most users computers did come with a NNTP client.
1) It couldn't serve ads in a controlled manner. The lack of monetization made sure that most people paid for usenet access allowing 'free' http driven apps to take over.
2) Most ISPs didn't provide much information if they had a NNTP server users could use, and NNTP readers didn't come with most users computers. HTTP did.
3) It wasn't exciting to new users. Web went from mostly text to multimedia as internet connection speeds increased.