I’ve been donating to the news site Vox for a while now, and all their content has so far been free. I felt kinda bad about blocking the ads on their site and fast-forwarding through all the ad breaks in their podcasts. So in the spirit of actually supporting something I like, I started chipping in a few bucks a month.

But recently, they’ve started putting some of their articles behind a paywall. Since I was already donating, I automatically have access. But for some reason, I feel like I don’t wanna pay anymore. It’s not like it costs me more, but there’s just something about dontating to a free site vs paying for exclusive content that doesn’t feel the same. Maybe cuz I’m not a fan of paywalls in general, so I don’t want to support companies that implement them.

Does that make sense? What would you do? And if you’re not a fan of Vox, maybe think of some other free service/content, like videos from a streamer or a software project or something.

  • Che Banana@beehaw.org
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    3 months ago

    IMO, if you like a service/subscription and it’s your choice to support them and thier content I wouldn’t think twice.

    My only paid subscription is MS office, because I’ve used Xcel almost my entire career (almost 30+ years use?) and have never paid for it until a couple years ago.

    So I like the content, I use the service and pricer per annum is good for me (only a few more years and I’m done, so it still works out for me).

    • lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
      4·
      3 months ago

      Side note: do I have this right? You can actually picture a time in the foreseeable future where you never have to use Excel again?

      If so, I am soooo deeply envious of you :P