> but you don't really see these same people evangelize subscriptions or otherwise supporting these places. Wait, I totally do that (https://news.ycombinator.c

> but you don't really see these same people evangelize subscriptions or otherwise supporting these places. Wait, I totally do that (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9697153 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9697153). I already subscribe to NYTimes, Spotify, Netflix, etc. and I'd love to pay a reasonable monthly fee to Google, HN, whoever else if it means getting to use their product without being spied on or sold to. Due to a sort of path determinism, everyone just assumed that everything online must be free without giving the traditional model a fair shake.