[julcol]

I presented a similar project to YC Winter 2020. A project a friend of mine and me were working on.

Good move from YC to reject us.... 10M,USD backed by NYT and started already 12 months ahead of us....need to improve my google skills.

I love the concept, what can I say. I want to pay for the services/content I get. However I am in no way willing to sell my soul to a bunch of marketeers.

The model is broken, trying to move a printed press model to the web. A new model is required.

Now, coming form the other side of the pond, I have to say that our approach was substantially more privacy minded. This is the Aquiles heel of the proposal on my perspective.

Unfortunately there is no privacy laws in the US or they are simply rendered void by anybody pretending to wear anything better than a boy scout badge. An absolute joke. Maybe California sets the tone for a change.

I wish they succeed. When theinquirer.net closed last year, I doubled down on taking the idea forward. I wish I could have been compensating them over these years and they would be still in business.

JC