Decanter “Premium”. I hadn’t really thought much about it until Richard Hemming made mention of it on his site. You see, Decanter.com has introduced a new “Premium” option which is in essence, a paywall making use of the rather interesting piano.io startup that allows easy implementation of such things. I’m of an age that remembers when everything was unleashed upon the internet for free, yes, “as in beer” (have never gotten that phrase). If a startup were to actually charge for something they’d be laughed out of existence while everyone […]

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