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> The advent of AI threatens to destroy the complex online ecosystem that allows writers, artists, and other creators to reach human audiences. I gleaned these

> The advent of AI threatens to destroy the complex online ecosystem that allows writers, artists, and other creators to reach human audiences. I gleaned these words before TFA fades and prompts me for a subscription; how about we stop linking to paywalls and excessive data collectors, or at least flag posts as such? Actually, writers haven't been able to reach audiences for a long time now, much less make a living (see also the "nobody reads books" story featuring on HN right now) as illegal ad providers/search engine monopolies and others have established themselves as new men in the middle, something the web was designed to break to begin with. The other route to monopolies is lack of payment options/microtransactions, the subversion of regulated stacks with fair access (such as 3G networks used to be) by de facto "platforms", and the utter and complete failure of politicians to uphold currency sovereignty or (pretend to) even grasp the problem. Perhaps the web dying as it is can benefit actual authors and other content producers? At least we don't have to endure BS freeriding articles like these pretending to "save the web".

palata 3y ago
I do understand that you are frustrated because you were not able to read the article (not to find the webarchive link on this page). But because you could not read the article does not mean that it is "BS freeriding articles like these pretending to "save the web"". Did you check who the authors are (you can see that for free). Bruce Schneier is a very respected cryptographer. And usually after a few days he publishes the article for free on his blog. So, there's that.
- tannhaeuser 3y ago
  No I mean it exactly as I wrote: The Atlantic wants the attention of public links and forums yet only provide a snippet or single sentence, and archive.is/.ph (usually if not in this case) just inserting their own ads and tracking is only a tactical solution in a consumerist way of thinking rather than solving the problem of extraction of value by very few and general lack of sustainability of content production on the web, and immoral if not outright in violation of copyright law.

palata 3y ago

I do understand that you are frustrated because you were not able to read the article (not to find the webarchive link on this page). But because you could not read the article does not mean that it is "BS freeriding articles like these pretending to "save the web"". Did you check who the authors are (you can see that for free). Bruce Schneier is a very respected cryptographer. And usually after a few days he publishes the article for free on his blog. So, there's that.

tannhaeuser 3y ago
No I mean it exactly as I wrote: The Atlantic wants the attention of public links and forums yet only provide a snippet or single sentence, and archive.is/.ph (usually if not in this case) just inserting their own ads and tracking is only a tactical solution in a consumerist way of thinking rather than solving the problem of extraction of value by very few and general lack of sustainability of content production on the web, and immoral if not outright in violation of copyright law.