[lucb1e]

What would you say if Google.com was down for 2 hours due to a server upgrade? Do you pay Google for searching?

Bonus points if you do actually. Their search API is limited to 100 a day, which is not a lot.

[shawnz]

If you're using google search, you're paying google in ad impressions.

[icebraining]

And what do you think these[1] are? HN has ads, they're just less conspicuous.

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/jobs

[oijaf888]

Aren't those free for Y Combinator companies? Also you could just say the entire site is an ad for Y Combinator.