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    1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 25 Apr 2017

      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.

      14 replies 37 retweets 180 likes
    2. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 25 Apr 2017
      Replying to @paulg

      I now assume all subscriptions (a) require too much work to sign up (b) autorenew and (c) deliberately make it hard to cancel.

      19 replies 37 retweets 187 likes
      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 25 Apr 2017

      Existing publishers seem so wedded to their bad practices that solving the problem may require not just new tech but new publishers.

      4:39 AM - 25 Apr 2017
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        2. Noah Stephens-Davidowitz‏ @NoahSD 25 Apr 2017
          Replying to @paulg

          If one publisher changed their practice, would you even know?

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        3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 25 Apr 2017
          Replying to @NoahSD

          No, and that is a problem for all of them now.

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        2. Daniel HB‏ @DanielHoffmann_ 25 Apr 2017
          Replying to @paulg

          Universal subscribing platform? Manage all your subscriptions from a single screen? Good startup idea?

          2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 25 Apr 2017
          Replying to @DanielHoffmann_

          Common startup idea. But brutally hard chicken and egg problem.

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        4. Daniel HB‏ @DanielHoffmann_ 25 Apr 2017
          Replying to @paulg

          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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        1. Michael Lyons‏ @TheLyons 25 Apr 2017
          Replying to @paulg

          .@brave has an interesting approach to this problem. The browser attempts to disperse allocated funds to ad driven sites you use

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        1. Rick Webb‏ @RickWebb 25 Apr 2017
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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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        1. Andrew‏ @andypeepo 25 Apr 2017
          Replying to @paulg

          I'm trying to solve this now! Hope to launch in about 3 weeks bootstrapped... 😅

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        1. Vishnu Prem‏ @burnflare 25 Apr 2017
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          Gotta ❤️@benthompson @stratechery’s Apple Pay support.

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        2. Daniel Lean‏ @dlean05 25 Apr 2017
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          Funny, just read this article on BI about fintech start up @zipsub, making subscriptions/payment easierhttps://www.businessinsider.com.au/inside-fintech-startup-pain-gains-tapview-2017-4 …

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        3. Isaac Forman‏ @isaacforman 25 Apr 2017
          Replying to @dlean05

          They've already changed their name!

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        4. Daniel Lean‏ @dlean05 25 Apr 2017
          Replying to @isaacforman

          bad sign in the startup community? Thought the idea was interesting, have very little knowledge of that scene though!

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        1. Shahryar‏ @Shahryar 4 Aug 2017
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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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        1. rodrigo‏ @rodrigotellom 4 Aug 2017
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          what about new tech people?

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        1. David Adler‏ @Adlerd88 26 Apr 2017
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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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        1. Michael Wolfe‏ @michaelrwolfe 26 Apr 2017
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          Their center of gravity is still publishers instead of publishing

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        1. Annette‏ @Annette294 25 Apr 2017
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          yup, @blendle for me

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        1. Sebastiaan de Vries‏ @basdvries 25 Apr 2017
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          I love @Blendle who used a nice approach to solve this problem

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