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That's so weird, I don't pay any money to Ycombinator. And yet, no cookie popups!
by dTal 5y ago
That's so weird, I don't pay any money to Ycombinator. And yet, no cookie popups!
- rocketbop 5y agoThat's because Hacker News _is_ the ad. It helps promote YCombinator itself, by adding prestige.
- dTal 5y agoWe're talking about tracking cookies, not ads.
- ghaff 5y agoYou're being pedantic. Tracking cookies are, in general, in support of ads.
- dTal 5y agoWhich is irrelevant, since the converse does not need to be true - we are talking about tracking cookies. Postulate 1: This website is free. Postulate 2: This website does not use tracking cookies. Theorem 1: Tracking cookies are not required for free websites to exist. Postulate 3: This website is an ad. Theorem 2: Ads do not require tracking cookies. Note that my original comment asserted Theorem 1 only.
- behnamoh 5y agoI'm not sure if that was their goal when launching HN, but it definitely helps their brand image now.
- GekkePrutser 5y agoBut as ads go its really benign. No tracking, no constant in your face reminders, no retargeting etc...
- ghaff 5y agoThere are many forms of free. One of them is that the free product supports the paid product in some manner which is the case with HN and Y Combinator. Something similar applies with the lightly branded content marketing sites and reports that many companies sponsor. Ad-supported is just one approach, albeit a common one.