Re:Show HN: My embarrassing personal website from the 90s
by mirimir on Friday March 02, 2018 @08:51PM
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That is sweet! And then there was hell.com and associated sites. But I find no video :( Basically, once you paid $100 to repurchase your soul, you got lifetime access, and a hell.com email address :)
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Re:Show HN: My embarrassing personal website from the 90s
by noway421 on Saturday March 03, 2018 @05:11AM
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On an unrelated note, that makes me think, why facebook won't make a paid subscription version? I would dearly pay 10-20 bucks per year or whatever they are getting from me and never see ads or get my data shared with advertisers.
Re:Show HN: My embarrassing personal website from the 90s
by madez on Saturday March 03, 2018 @06:21AM
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Then the people who didn't pay would feel as second-class citizens who can be scrutinized, analyzed, and their profiles sold. That awareness would be deadly for Facebook, because not enough people would be willing to pay.
Re:Show HN: My embarrassing personal website from the 90s
by kd5bjo on Sunday March 04, 2018 @06:22AM
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Advertisers only really care about showing ads to people with enough money to buy their products. An ad-free subscription lets these people remove themselves from the consumer pool, drastically reducing the value of their advertising product. Why take the chance of disrupting a system that's working for them?