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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…
A note on subscription prices from LWN
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Re: A note on subscription prices from LWN
#72What subscription level will finally make them increase their article CSS's line-height from "affront to eyes" to "actually legible"?
If nothing else, we can easily add a customization option for that.
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#74LWN, 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.
This account, `thataccount` has only negative comments that contribute naught.
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#76I 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.
Re: A note on subscription prices from LWN
#77I -- and perhaps many -- would be interested in buying an archive of all the past issues (as PDFs and XML sources).
You could also license to AI corps.
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#78Tried 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.
Re: A note on subscription prices from LWN
#79What 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.
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:
Re: A note on subscription prices from LWN
#80Are 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.