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No, of course there will be no ads. But yeah, I’m sure HNers will be ok with a paywall, considering they’re probably in the top 10% (if not 5% or 1%) of their r
by Xenoamorphous 3y ago
No, of course there will be no ads. But yeah, I’m sure HNers will be ok with a paywall, considering they’re probably in the top 10% (if not 5% or 1%) of their respective countries. What’s a few more bucks on top of their dozen monthly subscriptions.
Now go ask someone with the median income in a developing country how they feel about getting pretty much all relevant content in the Internet paywalled in the next 10 years or so due to the ever increasing use of ad-blockers.
Don’t get me wrong, content creators/owners are as much, if not more, to blame than ad blocker users.
- Barrin92 3y agoI always find this argument very odd. There's high quality, international ad-free public services and culture available for everyone. You even get commitments to factuality and neutrality, in this day and age! sure streaming the <current year> blockbuster costs money, but then again somehow nobody ever complained they had to pay for a movie ticket. Private market pop culture isn't some sort of good that one ought to expect to be free.
- Xenoamorphous 3y agoWhat about news? Like, current event news. Most major newspapers are moving towards a paywall mode and the rest will follow soon.