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Posted on Thursday November 11, 2021
So this guy on the mailing list has posted another update to his Gemini paywall CGI script called 'gmipay'.
gemini://simonvolpert.com/gmipay/
Of all of the terrible things that The Web has spawned, I don't think I'm alone in my belief that paywalls are among the worst.
Can we agree to, you know, *not* do this kind of thing? It's inevitable that capitalist parasites are going to find ways to sink their grubby little chompers into everything; but please, let's at least try and fight this before it becomes a trend.
Don't do this; not here, too.
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[2021-11-11 20:26:08] remyabel (572aa):
I thought it was satire at first.
[2021-11-11 21:11:30] panda-roux (2366d):
So did I... :|
[2021-11-11 21:53:30] a wanderer (57d8e):
holy sh*t learning about this has really bummed me out....
[2021-11-12 09:59:47] gerikson (81dbc):
I could see this was crapto (Bitcoin Cash) shilling at the second paragraph. BCH's schtick is "cheap transactions" so they're actively pushing microtransactions.
[2021-11-12 21:33:01] blu.256 (a1ab7):
This idea is wrong on so many levels... I remember seeing around a satirical parody of such a system (with a random numbers "payment" system), and it was fun. This thing is just bad, and the amount of work that went into it is frightening.
[2022-01-19 15:58:11] iveqy (eeab3):
this is a really good way to explore gemini.gemini can be used in many ways that wasn’t intended, knowing about them is good.