I 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.

https://lemmy.world/post/2258905

I 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. - Lemmy.world

Didn’t this stupid website used to help you, you know, hack life or something?

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.
Web Monetization

The Web Monetization API allows websites to automatically and passively receive payments from Web Monetization-enabled visitors.

Very cool thanks for sharing. I need to discover more projects like these.