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Everytime I run into the WSJ paywall I want to throw things. Yes it is easy to get around but no we shouldn't have to. Because advertising. Anyway does anyon

• robhu 11y ago
  If you're often running in to the WSJ paywall that means their content is often good, and they fund that content through subscriptions. Their competitors, who you're not running in to very often are not funded through subscriptions. Maybe subscriptions lead to higher quality content?
  • dragonwriter 11y ago
    > If you're often running in to the WSJ paywall that means their content is often good, Doesn't follow. It does mean its often get linked in places that I read, but that doesn't mean its good. > Their competitors, who you're not running in to very often That was never stated and is an unreasonable assumption. Just because one isn't running into competitors paywalls (because other sources often don't have such a thing) doesn't mean one is not running into the competitors far more often than the WSJ.
    • robhu 11y ago
      I'm assuming there is a filtering function occurring at HN which means that high quality sources are being linked to more often than low quality sources. I think that's a reasonable assumption, and is why WSJ is getting linked to a lot here. It's also pretty reasonable to believe that they make more money from subscriptions than they would from advertising, and that they're more likely to be able to afford to produce high quality articles with more money than with less.
• Nicholas_C 11y ago
  >Anyway does anyone know approximately how many users this app had? 10M
• briandear 11y ago
  Do you run Adblock?