Did you know that nearly all successful #Mobile #paywalls offer both short- & long-term plans? Use plain white/black text for plans & features? Fit all info in one screen without the need to scroll? …

Find all my 30+ learnings in my latest post:
https://www.fline.dev/freemiumkit-learnings-from-analyzing-mobile-paywalls/?ref=iosdev.space #iOSDev

@rom
That's a shortcut? Looks complicated to me! 😅

When I encounter #paywalls I just browse elsewhere. Much easier for me. 🤪

Let me browse already!! #Enshittification #Paywalls #Advertising #Internet #Web #Funny #Humor #Meme #Humour

@Centurion480 what's the policy on posting links which bypass #paywalls?

https://archive.ph/https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/08/11/climate-change-critical-infrastructure-heat-flood-energy-transportation-housing/

Isn’t it bizarre that there are some US states & local govs that put legal code behind #paywalls?

Why isn’t there outrage that people are bound by laws they do not have open and free access to? You must pay a fee if you the plumbing code. A lot of #law nationwide is jailed in #Cloudflare, so you don’t get access if you are excluded from reading the law by Cloudflare. If you want to read tax law, the IRS website blocks Tor users.

I just now wanted to read the International Bill of #HumanRights on a highly ranked site: #humanrightscareers.com, & got swamped with popups, animations, & garbage that drained my data credit.

So what’s the solution?

Check all that apply.

#poll

@ravindra @SirTapTap ...as well tzey should be obligated if they use gambling-esque "Wilson Lootbox Mechanics" witch basically turns a game into #PayToLoose shit or whether there's like a cosmetics store and whether or not progression is slowed down artifically to dark-pattern players into paying.

Worst of all would be a #PayToPause / #PayToQuit that basically #paywalls saving a game.

This should literally be banned!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTLFNlu2N_M

@geerlingguy *nodds in agreement*

Were the #GPLv3 not ideological garbage but actually comitted to #FLOSS remaining #public, it would've chosen #PublicAccessibilit to code as priority over illegally demanding surrender of all #Patents and #IP.

In fact, #grsecurity #paywalling the code was the first warning shot, and when that went through, others like #Elastic and #MongoDB and now #RedHat saw that they could get away with #paywalls on #FLOSS...

It's sickening.

@vi also never consider using @torproject #TorBrowser for everything or https://12ft.io to circumvent #Paywalls...

Speaking of Trump grift. So many are making so much money off the threat to democracy. Trump, for example, is making millions.

What about the rest? I find it interesting that Substack blogs have proliferated like bunnies, most of which are happy to take your money.

Call me naive, but I imagine that when democracy is on the line, people would want to educate and spread the word without a need to silo information into paid and free. It's like MSM paywalls- democracy is fading yet it costs you to know what's happening.

It's fair enough that people look for opportunities to make money. I don't begrudge people who need money or want to supplement their income. But the legal heavyweights and pundits? Why??? You have more than enough $$$$$, more than a living wage, and yet your extra special pearls of wisdom are saved exclusively for paying customers.

What a great grift, "fighting" for democracy or explaining democracy. In times like these one would think educating and getting the information out, *sharing* knowledge, supersedes all other considerations. But no. Why not make money off people's fears and need to know? There's a sucker born every minute.

#trump #TrumpIndictment #substack #paywalls #MSM #grift #democracy

@gerowen there is a great #Firefox #extension:

Bypass #Paywalls Firefox Clean

https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clean

The more I see #subscription #paywalls across the internet, the more I feel that we should figure out a way to 'unify' #currencies.

The current disparity in purchasing power makes certain subscriptions expensive in other currencies despite being 'affordable' in base currency.

Unifying currencies will help creators reach wider audiences BUT I also sense that this unification will cause major job losses, since a lot of jobs will move away, yes?

DISCLAIMER: Not an #economist. Just musing. :P

I CAN HAZ PDF?WESSELY, J., HÜLBER, K., GATTRINGER, A. ET AL. HABITAT-BASED CONSERVATION STRATEGIES CANNOT COMPENSATE FOR CLIMATE-CHANGE-INDUCED RANGE LOSS. NATURE CLIM CHANGE 7, 823–827 (2017). HTTPS://DOI.ORG/10.1038/NCLIMATE3414#ICANHAZPDF #PAYWALLS #CLIMATECHANGE #HABITATLOSS #CONSERVATIONCC @xris

I can haz PDF?

Wessely, J., Hülber, K., Gattringer, A. et al. Habitat-based conservation strategies cannot compensate for climate-change-induced range loss. Nature Clim Change 7, 823–827 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate3414

#ICanHazPDF #Paywalls #ClimateChange #HabitatLoss #Conservation

cc @darwin

"A growing number of academics are turning toward #Substack… From July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2023, the site saw a 107% jump in academic #publishing, representing 'thousands' of new publications, the company said. There also was a 42% increase in academic paid subscriptions."
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/digital-publishing/2023/07/18/academics-turn-paid-newsletters-scholarly

#Academia #Newsletters #Paywalls #ScholComm
@academicchatter

@ItsThatDeafGuy @Cacotopos
🥥 Note to self: #Bookmark this toot about bypassing #paywalls. 🥥

@ferricoxide @lowqualityfacts I get that, although it’s no different from buying anything else online that’s not tangible, like music or software. If you prefer a hard copy, use your coins, if you can. I think news #paywalls irk people because they got it in their heads that news should cost nothing. But what other hard-to-make product or service is free? We pay for volts, fuel, TV, mass transit. Why should #news be different?

#Meme #Memes #Paywalls

""you only deserve #food and #shelter if you contribute to #society" says #people living in #countries where nobody's #labor actually feeds or benefits their #neighbors anymore but exclusively benefits the #companies keeping the food and shelter behind the artificial #paywalls

You're not #nomads relying on each other to #hunt and #gather anymore, you're talking about #stocking shelves for fucking wal #marts

And even the oldest #societies on #earth all took care of the elderly or sick anyway"

https://www.tumblr.com/that-punk-adam/720584745623437312?source=share

#Journal #Paywalls can eat shit

@juandesant Also, I was just reminded of:

https://12ft.io/

... which also removes PayWalls.

#PayWalls #FrontEnd