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by 0des 1727 days ago
It's not free, it's just not something you compensate with cash. Let's not pretend that HN does not derive value from the people using it- that's a key component of the business.
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"Approaches free" does not mean "free" in this context and that HN derives that value in other ways than advertisement was the point I was making.