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You can’t get around the fact that HN is pay to play too though. that is my point. You aren’t paying a fraction of a cent to post comments, but you’re paying i
by olah_1 5y ago
You can’t get around the fact that HN is pay to play too though. that is my point.
You aren’t paying a fraction of a cent to post comments, but you’re paying in other ways. You just prefer the business model of HN, but i find the fraction of a cent model to be more straightforward and clear.
- stjohnswarts 5y agoYou can't win this argument, hackernews isn't "pay to play". You are currently playing with it and you didn't pay even a microtransaction. Why do you keep saying it is pay to play? For whatever reason HN providers are doing it as a free service and you aren't paying anything.
- olah_1 5y agoHN sells me as their audience to advertisers right? Would you say that Youtube is “free” as well? Many people would simply prefer a more transparent / straight forward business model and I don’t think they are wrong for having that preference.
- omginternets 5y agoYou either don't know what "pay to play" means, or you're being disingenuous.
- olah_1 5y agoHave you heard the phrase “time is money”? I would say that Youtube is pay to play as well. You’re just paying with your attention to their advertisers. I don’t think this logic is misplaced. HN has the same business model as all “free” tech platforms, doesn’t it?