What we break when we fix ad blocking

Re:What we break when we fix ad blocking by ForHackernews on Saturday September 19, 2015 @12:02PM (#10244598)

Writing (like music, acting, art, fashion, etc.) has always been a lottery economy. A very very tiny fraction (JK Rowling, Dan Brown, EL James) of writers will become staggeringly successful, spurring millions to dream of matching their success and working for free in the meantime.

It's the same reason that thousands of naive 20-somethings move to LA every year.

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Re:What we break when we fix ad blocking by toomuchtodo on Saturday September 19, 2015 @12:04PM (#10244611)

I'd consider the SFBA startup scene in those same categories.

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Re:What we break when we fix ad blocking by Mz on Saturday September 19, 2015 @03:15PM (#10245263)

Thank you for saying that. This is very true. And, yet, somehow, we don't argue that any startup should just give their product away for free.

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Re:What we break when we fix ad blocking by ForHackernews on Monday September 21, 2015 @10:40AM (#10252576)

> And, yet, somehow, we don't argue that any startup should just give their product away for free.

Are you kidding me? It's practically heresy around here to suggest that a startup should charge money and sell a product. Try it and see yourself derided as a "lifestyle business" instead of a real startup.

HN (and VC-funded startups generally) worship at the Church of Growth above all else, and the easiest way to get that coveted "hockey stick graph" is to give everything away for free. Grow now, and worry about revenue later, so the mantra goes.

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