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"How paid subscriptions ate the spread of information" I can't subscribe to another site and seems the archive link is not working for me either. Would love to
by bilekas 1y ago
"How paid subscriptions ate the spread of information" I can't subscribe to another site and seems the archive link is not working for me either. Would love to read it though because while YCombinator just follows where they see the money being, AI has really seen the majority of investment recently.
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/industry/investing https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/industry/investing
Just doing a search for "AI" its clear there is a preference. Maybe for good reason though. If I could read the article that is.
- nh23423fefe 1y agopretty entitled take. why use the phrasing about subscriptions preventing spread of information instead of something like "stingy readers preventing authors from eating"
- bilekas 1y ago> "stingy readers preventing authors from eating" Because as I just counted for you I'm subscribed already to 6 others.. at different rates. Some of them crossing over with articles. To you I sound "entitled" but there's a limit to my miscellaneous spending.
- claudiulodro 1y ago> "How paid subscriptions ate the spread of information" The "irony" here is that news organizations are moving to gate their content precisely because that's the only effective technique for preventing AI crawlers from ingesting it all ...
- bilekas 1y agoSo we as the real people have to pay because the AI might consume it ? If you believe the AI isn't consuming those paywalled articles also, I have a bridge to sell you.
- johnnyanmac 1y ago>If you believe the AI isn't consuming those paywalled articles also it's 50/50. Given the NYT lawsuit, I don't think that's something they would do recklessly. I'm sure a subscription has more strict ToS than just browsing a publicly viewable webpage.