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Ars technica provides full rss - to paying readers. The price is reasonable. It's a win-win: they probably earn more on each paying customer than on 10 or 20 a
by reitanqild 9y ago
Ars technica provides full rss - to paying readers. The price is reasonable.
It's a win-win: they probably earn more on each paying customer than on 10 or 20 adblocking users like us. Paying customers get full uncrippled RSS, no ads and no tracking (I think it's tiered though so you might have to pay slightly more to get all these three).
- cocktailpeanuts 9y agoI would say that's not RSS winning, but more like Ars Technica adding many "premium features" as a bundle to justify the subscription fee. It's like NYTimes providing crossword puzzle for free to subscribed users. You wouldn't call that "It's the perfect time for a crossword puzzle renaissance", would you?
- reitanqild 9y agoIt's not like RSS is winning yet -or certainly- no. But it shows there might be a sustainable solution that includes uncrippled RSS and no ads or tracking.
- icc97 9y ago> Ars Technica adding many "premium features" as a bundle to justify the subscription fee. Personally I think this is fine. If paying for their content encouages them to maintain a quality RSS feed and not track you that seems like a reasonable exchange.
- icc97 9y agoI can imagine a subscription service where you could pay to access a bunch of RSS feeds. The fundamental problem is that people are used to not paying for content. But one of the things that has changed over the twenty years that the article talks about is that people are more willing to pay for things on the internet.