I can afford to subscribe to every site, but I never do. The reason is not the cost, but that subscribing is such a mess.
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If one publisher changed their practice, would you even know?
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No, and that is a problem for all of them now.
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Universal subscribing platform? Manage all your subscriptions from a single screen? Good startup idea?
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Common startup idea. But brutally hard chicken and egg problem.
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hm, I guess stuff like this needs to come from companies already in the payment business. Actually Klarna already kinda does this in Sweden
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@brave has an interesting approach to this problem. The browser attempts to disperse allocated funds to ad driven sites you useThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Subscribed to the New Yorker for 10 years and I still can't figure out how to log in. I just give up and read the print edition.
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I'm trying to solve this now! Hope to launch in about 3 weeks bootstrapped...
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Gotta

@benthompson@stratechery’s Apple Pay support.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Funny, just read this article on BI about fintech start up
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They've already changed their name!
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bad sign in the startup community? Thought the idea was interesting, have very little knowledge of that scene though!
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So true, and Washington Post would do the annoying thing of renewing you at full price until you noticed and then you'd have to call & fight
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what about new tech people?
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Is there no way existing publishers would get on board with a unified subscription model with a rev share based on viewership?
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Their center of gravity is still publishers instead of publishing
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yup,
@blendle for meThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I love
@Blendle who used a nice approach to solve this problemThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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