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Re:F*** Paywalls by gizmo on Saturday November 04, 2023 @01:13PM (#38143005)
The internet will also collapse when everything has turned into ad-optimized clickbait.

There is no shortage of brilliant people who are happy to share their creative work for free. Remember blogs and RSS? They were great. Static pages don't cost anything to host either.

I reject your false choice.

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Re:F*** Paywalls by mmmmmbop on Saturday November 04, 2023 @01:23PM (#38143140)
Why happened to blogs and RSS?
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Re:F*** Paywalls by insanitybit on Saturday November 04, 2023 @02:59PM (#38144058)
> Static pages don't cost anything to host either.

Really? Who's hosting static pages for free? Github? Because they certainly still make money, they're just hoping to upsell people. If static sites for Github become a major cost you can bet they'll find a way to subsidize, such as advertising.

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