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Re:Hacker Monthly - Issue #4 - September 2010 by g0atbutt on Wednesday September 01, 2010 @01:57AM (#1651985)
Quick heads up for those that typically download it. The digital download is now $3.
Re:Hacker Monthly - Issue #4 - September 2010 by maxklein on Wednesday September 01, 2010 @02:04AM (#1651993)
Make sense. The original articles can still be read at the original locations, so nothing wrong with charging for an organised version.
Re:Hacker Monthly - Issue #4 - September 2010 by jacquesm on Wednesday September 01, 2010 @06:51AM (#1652386)
He's even friendly enough to link to the original articles from the teaser page. Every article has a link associated with it so you don't have to go hunting.
Re:Hacker Monthly - Issue #4 - September 2010 by Tudisco on Wednesday September 01, 2010 @03:47AM (#1652161)
Purchased! $3 is fair.
Re:Hacker Monthly - Issue #4 - September 2010 by norswap on Wednesday September 01, 2010 @05:09AM (#1652269)
Maybe it's fair, but I feel they shouldn't have distributed it freely to begin with without making clear that it was becoming a paid product at some point. Now I feel pissed, irrationally perhaps, but pissed nonetheless.
Re:Hacker Monthly - Issue #4 - September 2010 by almost on Wednesday September 01, 2010 @06:05AM (#1652330)
I find this attitude quite bizarre.
Re:Hacker Monthly - Issue #4 - September 2010 by angstrom on Wednesday September 01, 2010 @07:40AM (#1652460)
"When people don’t know what a fundamentally new product should cost, they are strongly influenced by the first price they encounter." http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/priceless/201004/how-muc...
Re:Hacker Monthly - Issue #4 - September 2010 by xiongchiamiov on Wednesday September 01, 2010 @04:44PM (#1654206)
Re:Hacker Monthly - Issue #4 - September 2010 by amih on Wednesday September 01, 2010 @06:27AM (#1652359)
I was relieved to see that they started charging for this! I wanted to pay but didn't want the snail mail version. I printed every issue on a A4 duplex color laser printer and it comes out very nice. I paid for the next 12 issues.
Re:Hacker Monthly - Issue #4 - September 2010 by BvS on Wednesday September 01, 2010 @05:30AM (#1652291)
Nothing wrong with the price but I'm really curious how it turns out and if the extra revenue makes up for less interested advertisers if the number of downloads goes down significantly).