Tom Bortels on Nostr: I really wish there was some way to detect links to subscription services I'm not ...

I really wish there was some way to detect links to subscription services I'm not subscribed to and simply hide those posts.

I follow a lot of people who post interesting things, but it seems half of them are behind paywalls I'm not interested in paying for - so every morning is a string of tiny disappointments.

("Subscription" as a revenue model is elitist and resulting in a balkanization of the web into haves and have nots - and having 40 $5-a-month leeches isn't a desirable state. Invasive ads aren't good - but paywalling off half the internet isn't an improvement. Authors: if your content is behind a subscription - I'll never see it, and eventually block it. Whereas if it's visible and there's a support mechanism - I might.)