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Doctorow: The Curious Case of Internet Privacy (Technology Review)Doctorow: The Curious Case of Internet Privacy (Technology Review)Posted Jun 11, 2012 10:54 UTC (Mon) by ballombe (subscriber, #9523)In reply to: Doctorow: The Curious Case of Internet Privacy (Technology Review) by dlang Parent article: Doctorow: The Curious Case of Internet Privacy (Technology Review)
The OP is not complaining about having to pay to access content, but rather to have to pay not to receive ads (quite the opposite in fact).
When it is so easy to install ads filtering technology, attempt to extract money from users unable to do so can be aptly described as extortion.
And for those not blocking the ads out of respect of LWN, this is not economically viable: instead just buy an extra "starving hacker" LWN subscription, this will get more money to LWN while costing you less in the long run. Adding intermediary always increase cost.
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Doctorow: The Curious Case of Internet Privacy (Technology Review) Posted Jun 11, 2012 11:14 UTC (Mon) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313) [Link]
given that paid subscribers of LWN do not see advertisements, if he was willing to pay he wouldn't be worrying about the ads
Doctorow: The Curious Case of Internet Privacy (Technology Review) Posted Jun 11, 2012 12:18 UTC (Mon) by ballombe (subscriber, #9523) [Link]
This is untrue: at the lowest subscription levels, subscribers still see the ads.
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