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Whatever happened to paying for services? I can't even do that now if I want to avoid staring at what someone else thinks I'd spend money on.
by dgfgfdagasdfgfa 10y ago
Whatever happened to paying for services? I can't even do that now if I want to avoid staring at what someone else thinks I'd spend money on.
- grzm 10y agoI agree, online ads are annoying for a number of reasons. I'm curious what pay model you're envisioning. Content providers paying Disqus? Disqus users? I can see the former possibly working, as Disqus is providing the service to them.
- dgfgfdagasdfgfa 10y agoFrankly, I can't tell you the last time I found comments on an article to be valuable. I spent the last half hour trying to work out the model before realizing I wouldn't pay a dime for it. But I'm also not the likely demographic, so I'm left with my foot in my mouth! I can say I would pay for HN if it came to that, weird as that would be, preferably in a flat fee because it's easier to budget. HN is the only similar service I use.
- patrickaljord 10y agoMost people worldwide don't even have a credit card to pay online. If anything you should celebrate the fact that you are so privileged that you would rather pay for something most could not even dream to afford.
- sidlls 10y agoThose folks aren't the target of ads in general, either.