Re:Mozilla hit with takedown request for anti-paywall addons
by alexandernst on Sunday December 02, 2018 @12:58PM
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Bypassing paywalls is a "more efficient user experience"? Wow... that's a whole new level...
Re:Mozilla hit with takedown request for anti-paywall addons
by thatfunkymunki on Sunday December 02, 2018 @04:09PM
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It pretty easily meets the definition of efficiency- it allows users to do more, in less time, and utilizing less resources.
Re:Mozilla hit with takedown request for anti-paywall addons
by alexandernst on Monday December 03, 2018 @06:01AM
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How about paying? That will let you do more, in less time, and won't require an extra browser plugin, which means that it will use even less resources than using a plugin to bypass the paywall.
Ultimately businesses will always ruthlessly try to make more money, and software will ruthlessly seek a more efficient user experience.
Often these objective clash. Spotify is the obvious example that seemed to offer a solution in the music space. But we have yet to discover such a solution in online publishing.