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I'm willing to pay $5/month for one blog: my own. That is what a basic VPS with plenty of bandwidth costs.

edit: Interesting, this is fast approaching my most downvoted comment ever. Wonder why that is. I didn't even bother to link my own blog in case that came off as overly self-promotional.

If you think that content should be free, what is wrong with putting your money where your mouth is and giving your own away?

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Same -- I pay about $5/mo to host a blog. Part of me wishes people would pay to read it, but the rest of me is in touch with reality. People who want to give me money can buy other things.

I am also willing to pay for good reporting and writing, e.g. the New Yorker and my local paper, because they require actual work. I wouldn't pay for Stratechery, which is just an opinion blog.

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