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Speaking of junky content: http://imgur.com/a/zUaPG http://imgur.com/a/zUaPG
by valgaze 13y ago
Speaking of junky content:
http://imgur.com/a/zUaPG http://imgur.com/a/zUaPG
- jotm 13y agoIs that on a tablet? Anyway, I hate when they do that - Instructables is the first one that comes to mind (they offer a paid subscription for viewing articles on a single page).
- pallandt 13y agoThey're charging for convenience and the ability to download a tutorial in pdf format, it's not like user experience is sabotaged for everyone. Assuming they don't get enough revenue from advertising, it's a decent monetization strategy. They're not actually impeding anyone from viewing content, say for instance like Quora blurring posts or similar. Nothing wrong with that, I wished people were more understanding of how companies sometimes need to do mildly unpleasant things in order to keep a product afloat so that everyone can enjoy it. Some of the things on Instructables are pretty awesome, especially a few years ago I would've had a very hard time in finding an equivalent for their various technology tutorials.
- jotm 13y agoNothing wrong with it, it's just mildly unpleasant having to scroll through multiple pages, and the membership isn't quite worth it if you only view an article once in a blue moon...
- andrewcooke 13y agoi think the problem here is "hate" and "mildly unpleasant" sit oddly together...
- lambda 13y agoPeople use "hate" to mean "mildly unpleasant" all the time. "I hate it when i just barely miss the bus" or "I hate it when the package is so hard to open I spill most of the sauce in the process of opening the package" or the like.
- DanBC 13y agoAt least instructables usually has decent content, even if there are many pages for non-paying users. It is sad that most people do not pay for things unless you poke them a bit.