Orphie Baby@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoI just subscribed to Lifehacker a few days ago, and now I've unsubscribed. The articles are nothing but tech product-shilling, non-stop. Mostly Samsung and Apple.message-squaremessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1292arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1284arrow-down1message-squareI just subscribed to Lifehacker a few days ago, and now I've unsubscribed. The articles are nothing but tech product-shilling, non-stop. Mostly Samsung and Apple.Orphie Baby@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square42fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareIzzy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·1 year agoUnfortunately everything is an ad now. It’s the only way these sites are capable of surviving.
minus-squaretrainsaresexy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoI feel like I’m turning into ‘that guy’ again but cryptocurrency could help this out. a) connect wallet to lifehacker b) have fractions of a cent taken out to unlock articles I know people can bypass it/copy paste, but at the end of the day it would be another source of revenue. They are surviving as is, but barely.
minus-squareFriendlyBeagleDog@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI feel like you’d be interested in the Web Monetization API, if you’re not already aware of it.
minus-squaretrainsaresexy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoVery cool thanks for sharing. I need to discover more projects like these.
Unfortunately everything is an ad now. It’s the only way these sites are capable of surviving.
I feel like I’m turning into ‘that guy’ again but cryptocurrency could help this out.
a) connect wallet to lifehacker
b) have fractions of a cent taken out to unlock articles
I know people can bypass it/copy paste, but at the end of the day it would be another source of revenue. They are surviving as is, but barely.
I feel like you’d be interested in the Web Monetization API, if you’re not already aware of it.
Very cool thanks for sharing. I need to discover more projects like these.