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Re:Why I Still Use Vim by hartator on Thursday January 04, 2018 @02:54AM (#16068694)
Kind of shady, I don't think I will write on this platform anymore.
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Re:Why I Still Use Vim by twblalock on Thursday January 04, 2018 @03:26AM (#16068778)
What's shady about asking people to pay for content? It seems like it's pretty much out in the open so you can take it or leave it, not secret or covert or shady in any way.
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Re:Why I Still Use Vim by relyks on Thursday January 04, 2018 @03:38AM (#16068820)
It's shady if they're not giving out royalties to the writers. Not sure if they do
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Re:Why I Still Use Vim by looperhacks on Thursday January 04, 2018 @03:53AM (#16068875)
They do. See [1], heading "REWARD YOUR FAVORITE AUTHORS"

[1]: https://medium.com/membership

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Re:Why I Still Use Vim by symmetricsaurus on Thursday January 04, 2018 @03:58AM (#16068895)
They are. But, I’m having a hard time figuring out what percentage of the revenue.
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Re:Why I Still Use Vim by Veen on Thursday January 04, 2018 @04:24AM (#16068999)
Nothing is wrong with paying writers. But I do have a problem with the Medium bait-and-switch. They offered a great interface for writing and publishing content that is free, and then years later start charging for access to that content after millions of people have published articles.
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Re:Why I Still Use Vim by SmellyGeekBoy on Thursday January 04, 2018 @06:31AM (#16069533)
Did you think that it would remain completely free (and ad-free, which was its major selling point) forever? I actually quite like what they're trying to do with their new business model.
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Re:Why I Still Use Vim by hartator on Thursday January 04, 2018 @04:15AM (#16068964)
I haven't heard about it until now. I don't want people to have to pay to read me.
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