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Ars Technica content is now available in OpenAI services (arstechnica.com)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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My original, editorialized title: Ars Technica Sells Out

Linking to this because I know people here read Ars Technica, and I totally didn't become a subscriber three days before this was announced. Nope. No sir.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Damnit! I still like and respect the Ars Technica staff but Condé Nast can piss off.

I feel for you KingThrillgore. I was thinking of supporting the site with a subscription but not after this. Still if enough people stop subscribing we may loose them altogether. This is a double edged shit sword.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I made it clear in my comment I was not happy about this after I became a subscriber. It will not auto-renew. If I had done it with a credit card and not Paypal, I'd try for a chargeback.

For what its worth, nobody else active on the site is happy about this, either. Lots of unsubscribes are being claimed in the comments (including mine).

Edit: and a comment from the EIC says CN will not share revenue from OpenAI with Ars Technica. Incredible. They're basically getting nothing out of it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Understood and have seen the comments. I don’t blame you for being upset. It’s a crappy situation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah. That post has over 900 comments, which is rare even for an Ars article. Mostly negative sentiment, which I get.