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News startup Scroll debuts today with ad-free access to ~300 partners

14 points by petulla 7y ago

elektor 7y ago
I've been using the beta version of Scroll and have been really happy with it, particularly on mobile
bitmage 7y ago
I like the idea, but the note "So your money will never go to a site that you’ve never visited — and you’ll even get a monthly report showing which publishers your money is supporting." raises the question of who else they may be selling that report to. A detailed report of user's reading preferences and engagement would be valuable to marketers.
- arctictony 7y ago
  Hey, CEO of the company here. It's in our contract terms that we never sell your data to anyone. Aside, from the clear violations of privacy, it would completely fuck our business over night and everyone here would resign.
phnofive 7y ago
Not seeing a list here; the site has a limited selection... https://scroll.com/sites https://scroll.com/sites
julcol 7y ago
I presented a similar project to YC Winter 2020. A project a friend of mine and me were working on. Good move from YC to reject us.... 10M,USD backed by NYT and started already 12 months ahead of us....need to improve my google skills. I love the concept, what can I say. I want to pay for the services/content I get. However I am in no way willing to sell my soul to a bunch of marketeers. The model is broken, trying to move a printed press model to the web. A new model is required. Now, coming form the other side of the pond, I have to say that our approach was substantially more privacy minded. This is the Aquiles heel of the proposal on my perspective. Unfortunately there is no privacy laws in the US or they are simply rendered void by anybody pretending to wear anything better than a boy scout badge. An absolute joke. Maybe California sets the tone for a change. I wish they succeed. When theinquirer.net closed last year, I doubled down on taking the idea forward. I wish I could have been compensating them over these years and they would be still in business. JC
pax 7y ago
I wish this model catches on. Somewhat ironically, it looks like Brave Browser doesn't work with Scroll, as there's still(?) no way to globally whitelist specific script domains :/
- arctictony 7y ago
  Brendan and I are working on that :)

14 points by petulla 7y ago

I've been using the beta version of Scroll and have been really happy with it, particularly on mobile

I like the idea, but the note "So your money will never go to a site that you’ve never visited — and you’ll even get a monthly report showing which publishers your money is supporting." raises the question of who else they may be selling that report to. A detailed report of user's reading preferences and engagement would be valuable to marketers.

arctictony 7y ago
Hey, CEO of the company here. It's in our contract terms that we never sell your data to anyone. Aside, from the clear violations of privacy, it would completely fuck our business over night and everyone here would resign.

phnofive 7y ago

Not seeing a list here; the site has a limited selection... https://scroll.com/sites https://scroll.com/sites

julcol 7y ago

I presented a similar project to YC Winter 2020. A project a friend of mine and me were working on. Good move from YC to reject us.... 10M,USD backed by NYT and started already 12 months ahead of us....need to improve my google skills. I love the concept, what can I say. I want to pay for the services/content I get. However I am in no way willing to sell my soul to a bunch of marketeers. The model is broken, trying to move a printed press model to the web. A new model is required. Now, coming form the other side of the pond, I have to say that our approach was substantially more privacy minded. This is the Aquiles heel of the proposal on my perspective. Unfortunately there is no privacy laws in the US or they are simply rendered void by anybody pretending to wear anything better than a boy scout badge. An absolute joke. Maybe California sets the tone for a change. I wish they succeed. When theinquirer.net closed last year, I doubled down on taking the idea forward. I wish I could have been compensating them over these years and they would be still in business. JC

pax 7y ago

I wish this model catches on. Somewhat ironically, it looks like Brave Browser doesn't work with Scroll, as there's still(?) no way to globally whitelist specific script domains :/

arctictony 7y ago
Brendan and I are working on that :)