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Each submission on HN with soft-paywalled link has a comment with link to archive/screenshot. Clearly people love the idea of paying for anything.
by rieTohgh6 4y ago
Each submission on HN with soft-paywalled link has a comment with link to archive/screenshot. Clearly people love the idea of paying for anything.
- Nextgrid 4y agoIt's not just about the money but the convenience and potentially privacy. Is there a newspaper out there that allows you to pay in one click and doesn't make you fill out a long form with all kinds of private info? People are not going to spend 5 minutes filling in a form and creating yet another account if running the link through archive/etc takes 30 seconds instead. Privacy is also another problem - if you block ads for privacy reasons, why would you then volunteer that info and your money? You may as well just deal with the ads - privacy impact is the same, but at least you don't pay.