Dan GillmorDear @TheAtlantic -- Putting your important journalism about the fascist threat to our democracy behind a paywall is a mistake.
The message you're sending about your priorities is not a positive one.
RoyalQuack@dangillmor @TheAtlantic Download adblockers people!
Paul SchoeAnd how would adblockers help The Atlantic to pay their bills and continue journalism?
Seeing some ads is not paying.
If I find an article worth the time to read, why would I diminish their ability to write it by removing the ads?
@paulschoe @dangillmor @TheAtlantic we weren’t talking about ads. OP said “paywall” not ads. Adblockers remove those too. Also even with ads you are paying with your data
Sorry for that, when I read 'adblocker', I read: a blocker for ads.
That you meant getting rid of paywalls, is not something that I deduced from that word.
For articles that I want to read, I happily pay with my data for those ads. What is the amount? 0.00001$ per page?
But I cannot deny that even 0.00001$ is paying.
@paulschoe @dangillmor @TheAtlantic I understand that sometimes it’s okay to keep ads. But I’m just not paying for articles