alt Hacker NewsThe Guardian’s ads asking for contributions have got progressively more desperate. I find their commitment to keeping their site paywall free admirable, but the current almost-begging (and selling off their Sunday paper) has got so intense that it feels like it’s only a matter of time until they introduce some kind of paid content.
Begging users to turn the tracking gun on themselves so they can be bombarded with ads is totally pathetic, and I’ve seen this on multiple news sites. These guys can’t go out of business fast enough.