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Do whatever you find ethical. I'm just here to ensure that people are well informed about the fact that paywall vs. ads is actually paywall with no search engin
by arjie 10y ago
Do whatever you find ethical. I'm just here to ensure that people are well informed about the fact that paywall vs. ads is actually paywall with no search engine access vs. paywall which people won't pay for vs. ads.
I'm all right with the paywall idea succeeding or failing in a well informed marketplace of ideas.
- tokenizerrr 10y agoSome people pay for the paywall. Especially when these people regularly consume your content. People stumbling in from social media (such as HN) are not regular consumers. Big difference, there.
- Spivak 10y agoI've got a subscription to LWN, I don't think they really care about being indexed by search engines. The ability to send interesting articles to non-subscribers with a special link is pretty nice but I understand that it probably wouldn't work as a model for large websites.
- nradov 10y agoIt works for WSJ.com, which is a large website.