_number8_@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoyou have to subscribe to the dictionary nowlemmy.worldimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1228arrow-down133file-text
arrow-up1195arrow-down1imageyou have to subscribe to the dictionary nowlemmy.world_number8_@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square27fedilinkfile-text
i’ve never been on this site before – that is to say, you don’t even get like a couple free words what a joke
minus-squareKISSmyOS@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up52arrow-down5·11 months ago what a joke In the past, you had to buy the book. Or go to the library to read it. Both of which you can still do. And with a library membership you can access the web version as well. How else do you expect the authors of the dictionary to pay their rent?
minus-squareDonkter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·11 months agoWith ads! Wait, I also dislike those… They should figure it out for themselves!
minus-squarebody_by_make@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 months agoThey did, they put up a paywall 🙂
In the past, you had to buy the book. Or go to the library to read it.
Both of which you can still do. And with a library membership you can access the web version as well.
How else do you expect the authors of the dictionary to pay their rent?
With ads! Wait, I also dislike those… They should figure it out for themselves!
They did, they put up a paywall 🙂