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A note on subscription prices from LWN

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Re: A note on subscription prices from LWN

#71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's the thing though. You can get all the value from LWN through here. Even if it wasn't for them tolerating subscriber links being posted on HN, the week-long delay isn't nearly enough an incentive to actually subscribe, rationally speaking.

Rationally-speaking, maybe not. I’ve been a long-time subscriber. When I first subscribed, my day-to-day involved embedded Linux and getting the “breaking news” was pretty valuable. These days I still do that somewhat but I’m stuck on a crusty vendor kernel and anything I read about a kernel newer than 5.15 is going to land on my desk in approximately 2028… but I still subscribe, mostly with a patronage mindset: I do…

Same as me. I started subscribing LWN when I was a Linux enthusiast from my early college days, because the content was so good and interesting. Nowadays I barely read it but I still keep my subscription alive, just because I think the content is worth it.

Re: A note on subscription prices from LWN

#72
post #56

What subscription level will finally make them increase their article CSS's line-height from "affront to eyes" to "actually legible"?

Nobody has ever asked us to do that; I take it you would prefer a larger line spacing?

If nothing else, we can easily add a customization option for that.

Re: A note on subscription prices from LWN

#74

LWN, probably about to discover people are paying high prices for all manner of things and will find that LWN is, sadly, a disposable entity to pay for.

A dummy take on the LWN subscription price increase without valid reasons why.

This account, `thataccount` has only negative comments that contribute naught.

Re: A note on subscription prices from LWN

#75
post #66
post #56

What subscription level will finally make them increase their article CSS's line-height from "affront to eyes" to "actually legible"?

Firefox plugin? Script Monkey? Ctrl+ to zoom the page? Reader mode?

Sure, but I meant for all the site's visitors

Re: A note on subscription prices from LWN

#76

I know the editors visit these discussions: please, next time use a more descriptive title! I nearly had a fit when I saw that, really thought LWN is going down like it almost did 20 years ago. Happy to pay the new price, even though I can only afford the cheapest tier.

You'll be happy to know the title has been updated. Apologies for any undue concerns we have caused. :)

Re: A note on subscription prices from LWN

#78

Tried making an account but seems to take quite a while (forever?) getting the corresponding email. I guess their server is taking a beating due to this article. Update: received it after ~40 minutes.

The server was fine, but we have a throttle that kicks in if we get a flood of new account creations at once to ward off spammers and scammers. We're keeping an eye on the queue now to ensure that these are waved through quickly. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Re: A note on subscription prices from LWN

#79
post #72
post #56

What subscription level will finally make them increase their article CSS's line-height from "affront to eyes" to "actually legible"?

Nobody has ever asked us to do that; I take it you would prefer a larger line spacing? If nothing else, we can easily add a customization option for that.

Compare and contrast:

Existing line-height:

https://i.ibb.co/dJc14J7G/Screenshot-2026-09-02-at-08-35-06....

With "line-height: 1.25" on

tags:

https://i.ibb.co/RkGBQF0D/Screenshot-2026-09-02-at-08-36-17....

on this article:

https://lwn.net/Articles/1092229/

Re: A note on subscription prices from LWN

#80
post #42

Are there more things like LWN for other fields/subjects? A math LWN of sorts, for example? I would happily pay for it too if it follows this model.

In general high quality niche stuff is very expensive e.g. Heavy Reading for teleco or Willmot magazine for quant finance.
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