My original, editorialized title: Ars Technica Sells Out


Linking to this because I know people here read Ars Technica, and I totally didn’t become a subscriber three days before this was announced. Nope. No sir.

  • kingthrillgore@lemmy.mlOP
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    2 months ago

    I made it clear in my comment I was not happy about this after I became a subscriber. It will not auto-renew. If I had done it with a credit card and not Paypal, I’d try for a chargeback.

    For what its worth, nobody else active on the site is happy about this, either. Lots of unsubscribes are being claimed in the comments (including mine).

    Edit: and a comment from the EIC says CN will not share revenue from OpenAI with Ars Technica. Incredible. They’re basically getting nothing out of it.

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      2 months ago

      Understood and have seen the comments. I don’t blame you for being upset. It’s a crappy situation.

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      Yeah. That post has over 900 comments, which is rare even for an Ars article. Mostly negative sentiment, which I get.