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Originally Posted by manfred63
And I would like to hide user generated content (like comments) totally as a paying customer. I think this stuff is even worse than ads.
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Agreed.
This brings up a plus for the Kindle eInk browsers (as well as for Calibre news). Those comments are rarely included in text-only web sites.
I suppose WaPo will be putting the content in my next link behind a paywall soon (maybe there is already an article limit), but, for now, to see what I mean:
http://www.readingthenet.com/mob?ct=...p=30&u=twp.com
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Originally Posted by ghero
Give Washington Post (permanent) free digital subscription to all kindle users, however the catch to this deal is that it will come with tones of ADs embedded in the digital news paper.
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I would really like this, and doubt that they would be able to sell enough tons of eInk ads to bother me. Of course, it depends on how much the eReader price goes up to pay for the new content.
And talking of price, how much would Amazon have to pay Bezos for this? I can't believe he would give it away, even to the company he founded. Indeed, it would be irresponsible for him to permanently give away WaPo's intellectual property, since he won't own that paper forever.
Here's my modest proposal for Bezos, should he adopt the wonderful Carnegie/Gates model of gradually giving away his fortune. Take the WaPo non-profit, giving it a quarter of your fortune as a starting endowment. This should be enough to guarantee continued existence of at least one outstanding news organization.