LWN advertising update

Posted Sep 3, 2007 21:05 UTC (Mon) by jordanb (guest, #45668)
In reply to: LWN advertising update by elanthis
Parent article: LWN advertising update

You know, the fact that everyone posting here about how we don't like in-text ads is a subscriber means that we are all already PAYING for LWN. None of us are "freeloading" in any way. Like I said, these ads won't affect me much as I'm a subscriber and won't see them, but I would be disappointed if LWN were to gut its future ability to attract subscribers by shortsightedly choosing a nearly universially hated advertising technique and driving all the casual readers away.

LWN advertising update

Posted Sep 6, 2007 7:28 UTC (Thu) by rhertzog (subscriber, #4671) [Link]

> You know, the fact that everyone posting here about how we don't like in-text ads is a subscriber means that we are all already PAYING for LWN. None of us are "freeloading" in any way.

Well, that's not 100% accurate. Some big companies pay the subscription for some of them. That's the case for me, as HP is offering LWN access to Debian developers.

That's also the case for Bill Allombert (ballombe)... that's why I didn't like his comment, he dismisses the work of the editors and their right to get some money out of it. That's not correct.

As for the ads, I don't like in-text ads either.