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Member since:2005-04-01
I don't know why you got modded down. It seems like a perfectly reasonable response to me. Much like open source, we contribute articles here.
The profit of the site is intended to cover bandwidth, network administration (backups, DNS, etc), hardware and servers, and administrative stuff. OSNews is certainly not the first site to do so and most definitely won't be the last.
Anyone who has ever written a post on IMDB or Netfix, written a book review for Slashdot, etc, has contributed to someone else's profit too, but I don't hear the whining there.
Member since:2005-07-06
However, the free MacBook Pro every two months and the use of the company Ferrari helps.
Member since:2005-11-10
"Help! help! I'm being repressed!"
Meh, I don't mind. The replies to the thread were only ever going to be complaints, and people with a grudge to bear. Anybody who took it to heart to contribute would have just sent an email as asked rather than bothering to reply to the thread.
Member since:
2005-11-10
If your cynicism is that deeply embedded, then don't. Don't comment on this article, don't even use the site. If anything you've already proven that you wouldn't make a good editor with an attitude like that.
There are plenty of others who don't see this as a matter of money, and see it as an opportunity for greater things like furthering their skills and bringing joy to readers who are genuinely interested in the art of computing.