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please stop using substack or medium or anything with a paywall.
by datalopers 4y ago
please stop using substack or medium or anything with a paywall.
- adamgordonbell 4y agoYou object to people writing things and trying to charge for them?
- Dylan16807 4y agoThey can do that but if it's a real paywall then it's not very appropriate for linking on HN.
- samatman 4y agoSubstack doesn't have a paywall. Substack authors can have paid content, this is categorically different. Anything an author marks as free, anyone can read. Substack doesn't have separate subscriptions for Substack, there's no "you've read your Nth free article!" etc. Conversely, if something is paid, you have to pay for it. Consequentially, if you see a Substack link here, you will be able to read it.
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- chc 4y agoYou are right, but Substack nevertheless presents a screen that looks like a paywall even on free articles like this. You need to notice and click a small "read the post first" link below the faux paywall into order to continue reading the post.
- samatman 4y agoYeah that's a bit nudgy, if you will, not my favorite thing either. I see that more like big popup "PLEASE SIGN UP FOR EMAIL, THEY HAVE MY KIDS" overlays with the tiny X in one corner. It's annoying, the designer should probably be shoved in a locker, but it's not a paywall.