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> There are literally hundreds of news sites, and many thousands if individual sites, submitted to HN and making the front page annually. It would cost a fortun
by tzs 2y ago
> There are literally hundreds of news sites, and many thousands if individual sites, submitted to HN and making the front page annually. It would cost a fortune, not merely a small one, to subscribe to all of these.
No one has the time to read all of them, so it doesn't really matter if it would also be unaffordable.
- dredmorbius 2y agoThe result would be to either concentrate the discussion (to the few sites which are widely subscribed), fragment the discussion (among those who subscribe to a specific submitted site), or in all likelihood, both. HN takes pride in being both a single community and discussing a wide range of sources. Wider adoption of subscriber paywalls online would be inimical to both aspects.