scabby scab macpostalot's message to the strikers...

..ok..just teasing but really, come on..is 5.5 cents a day gonna kill you? If so then just watch the damn ads or go get a few million bucks for hardware, some data center space and payroll for a few dozen programmers and db geeks and start your own free journal site.

theferrett puts it much more eloquently than I can:


"And as someone who is a content provider, let me tell you that on the second point, you are big whiny babies.

Seriously. They're not saying you can't make free accounts. They're saying you have to watch ads. You still don't pay money, you just have to have ads there. And I don't know how you've managed to overlook something as large as the rest of the fucking Internet, but you may note that almost every other site in the whole world is supported by ads. This is how people make, you know, money. It's just the way things seem to be slanting these days, and I'm pretty sure that if website X isn't selling ads or your personal browsing information, they will be soon.

That's not evil. They're knocking themselves out to create something for people to enjoy. Why shouldn't they try to make a living off of that?

And you know what? Goddamn, folks, when you get as much for free, bitching about "OMG I HAVE TO WATCH AN AD" doesn't seem to be all that much of a sacrifice! You're not paying them. You're asking them to do something for you. And being such a selfish git that you expect them to get nothing in return except for the lovely brilliance of your posts strikes me as committing the traditional fanboy sin of "THE COMPANIES I LOVE SHOULD GO BANKRUPT TO MAKE ME HAPPY."

You can still make accounts for free, dammit! It won't cost you a dime. You just can't post for free and get everything you want."