[TeMPOraL]

> Seriously, I cannot fathom what content online is worth reading, but for which the 5 seconds you save by clicking an x is not worth investing.

It's not about content, it's about the company actively showing that they don't really care about providing any value, but only about monetizing you.

[drcongo]

This. I wrote this piece [1] on Medium, previously submitted here [2] about this exact issue. I also made Tab Closed; Didn't Read [3].

[1] https://medium.com/i-m-h-o/a30bbe8b54a5

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6819358

[3] http://tabcloseddidntread.com

[TeMPOraL]

Thanks for the links. Bookmarked TC;DR immediately.

[jaegerpicker]

That's complete bs, The only way that most of these content providers can keep on providing value for you is to monetize you. Web site's aren't free, writers/programmers/servers cost real money. No one owes you anything. You want good free content to read then deal with the fucking overlays. The sense of entitlement kills me. It isn't a answer of just being "better" either. People of lazy and if you give them all the content without at least pushing them to sign up, a lot will not.

[TeMPOraL]

> The only way that most of these content providers can keep on providing value for you is to monetize you.

How about if they actually asked for money in a honest, up-front way, instead of treating users like a cattle to be milked? What the hell happened to the "exchanging value for money" business model?

> No one owes you anything. You want good free content to read then deal with the fucking overlays.

Me dealing (or not) with overlays is a completely orthogonal thing to the fact that people who employ those methods are at least disrespectful of their users, if not out-right dishonest.