>>This video’s first part<< is his pitch for the website if you want to hear it from him directly.
But basically he wants to make a website that is fully ad-free, truly independant and community-funded, not funded by publishers or venture capital. With pieces written not by AI bots but actual people that don’t need to pander to SEO in their titles or articles.
Oh yeah that is pretty weird. It’s normal that they have premium content but the way they show it to users is odd.
If you care enough to try the site again, the news and features tab doesn’t have that.
That fake “pop-up” is only on the homepage if you scroll down a little…