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A comment on A Ritzy L.A. Enclave Learned a Bitter Lesson About the Limits of Its Wealth. Parent comment

Re:A Ritzy L.A. Enclave Learned a Bitter Lesson About the Li... by FireBeyond on Monday August 25, 2025 @10:37AM (#45014344)
"I don't want to pay for content, and don't you dare push advertising on me. I want your content. I don't care how you have to pay to make it, that's not my problem."
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Re:A Ritzy L.A. Enclave Learned a Bitter Lesson About the Li... by conductr on Thursday August 28, 2025 @09:38AM (#45052014)
If people bounce without reading or paying, how much do they really want the content?

Articles like this might get me with a headline but once I hit a paywall I realize very quickly how little I care.

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Re:A Ritzy L.A. Enclave Learned a Bitter Lesson About the Li... by MBCook on Thursday August 28, 2025 @10:13AM (#45052415)
Right. I’m hitting the paywall before I even know what it’s about. I’m not hooked, so I have no interest in paying.

Which leaves trying to skirt the paywall. If it works I don’t need to pay, if it doesn’t that’s more confirmation it’s not worth it for me.

Lose/lose for them.

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