News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:F*** Paywalls by Havoc on Saturday November 04, 2023 @01:19PM (#38143098)
The internet existed before paywalls or ads.

Maybe not in its current form where faang gets to make billions loads of services are free, but fundamentally it can exist

Re:F*** Paywalls by insanitybit on Saturday November 04, 2023 @03:02PM (#38144082)
Of course it can exist. But say goodbye to random blog posts from people who just want to put their voice out there. They'll need to establish a platform first (probably on some other ad-subsidized platform), get people to pay upfront/ subscribe, and then buy hosting.