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>One such partner that we are collaborating with is Scroll. [...] The service enables web users to pay for an ad-free experience on their favorite sites, across

by jasode 7y ago

>One such partner that we are collaborating with is Scroll. [...] The service enables web users to pay for an ad-free experience on their favorite sites, across their devices. To try and understand what this is, I go to the landing page of partner's site, Scroll: https://scroll.com/ https://scroll.com/ Their webpage has no obvious explanation of what this is. Is this a tip jar? Micropayments? Subscription? I then go to Scroll's blog: https://scroll.blog/ https://scroll.blog/ Way way down the page, it finally has this blurb: >Be a flat monthly subscription at a price consumers would happily pay. Ok... so what's the price? $9.99/month? $19.99/month? I see Scroll is offering invitations. Would users signing up with their email know the price? Or is it a free trial?

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Fellshard 7y ago
Plus, the partners Scroll highlights are... extremely biased, by any standards. That's not terribly reassuring in this circumstance for such a relationship. EDIT: Tell me where I'm wrong, please. The majority are the Vox collective and close Media Matters affiliates.
ehsankia 7y ago
The gif/video makes it just look like its a mix of ad-blocker + AMP or something. Definitely very non-descriptive landing page.
jasode 7y ago
Fyi... I later found an older article (2018) that said it was $5/month: https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/02/scroll-the-5-month-news-subscription-startup-signs-up-the-atlantic-business-insider-fusion-media-group-slate-and-others/ https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/02/scroll-the-5-month-news-su... Since Scroll's landing page today in 2019 does not prominently display "$5/month" anywhere, it signals to me that Scroll may have changed its mind about that $5 amount and has yet to commit to a publicized and transparent monthly price. With the "Request Invitation" button, are they collecting emails to gauge the level of interest to help them determine a price? If Scroll is actually still charging $5/month, why not make that fact obvious on its website? Google search doesn't show much written about Scroll by Tony Haile in 2019: https://www.google.com/search?q=scroll+haile+subscription+price+-elder https://www.google.com/search?q=scroll+haile+subscription+pr... (To add more confusion, there's another unrelated website that charges $5/month with a similar name: https://scroll.in/subscribe https://scroll.in/subscribe)

by jasode 7y ago

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Fellshard 7y ago

Plus, the partners Scroll highlights are... extremely biased, by any standards. That's not terribly reassuring in this circumstance for such a relationship. EDIT: Tell me where I'm wrong, please. The majority are the Vox collective and close Media Matters affiliates.

ehsankia 7y ago

The gif/video makes it just look like its a mix of ad-blocker + AMP or something. Definitely very non-descriptive landing page.

jasode 7y ago

Fyi... I later found an older article (2018) that said it was $5/month: https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/02/scroll-the-5-month-news-subscription-startup-signs-up-the-atlantic-business-insider-fusion-media-group-slate-and-others/ https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/02/scroll-the-5-month-news-su... Since Scroll's landing page today in 2019 does not prominently display "$5/month" anywhere, it signals to me that Scroll may have changed its mind about that $5 amount and has yet to commit to a publicized and transparent monthly price. With the "Request Invitation" button, are they collecting emails to gauge the level of interest to help them determine a price? If Scroll is actually still charging $5/month, why not make that fact obvious on its website? Google search doesn't show much written about Scroll by Tony Haile in 2019: https://www.google.com/search?q=scroll+haile+subscription+price+-elder https://www.google.com/search?q=scroll+haile+subscription+pr... (To add more confusion, there's another unrelated website that charges $5/month with a similar name: https://scroll.in/subscribe https://scroll.in/subscribe)