Would it be possible to provide free trial / demo code for HN? The $9.99 hop from basic blog to micro blog, polaroid, poster is to high. I don't know what exac

Would it be possible to provide free trial / demo code for HN? The $9.99 hop from basic blog to micro blog, polaroid, poster is to high. I don't know what exactly I'm getting for that price. Even if there was a credit card gated trial, that would be too high friction for people. Especially given there is no transparency about the team, investors, customer success stories to help with trust.