PCMag demands $12000 to link to an article

 (twitter.com)

37 points | by jasonthorsness 7 hours ago

6 comments

  • kristianp 1 hour ago
    For context, this guy is the author of paint.net (this wasn't obvious to me initially).

    https://paint.net/

  • jasonthorsness 7 hours ago
    This was the linked article: https://www.pcmag.com/articles/readers-choice-2026-photo-vid...
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    • necovek 7 hours ago
      Would it make sense to ask for a reciprocal fee to link to Paint.net (lower in the text)?

      "You can keep the link for $10k/$15k, though I am happy to consider it a payment for me to link to your article too."

    • solarkraft 6 hours ago
      That’ll be $12000.
  • CSSer 5 hours ago
    So from the author’s reply, you can see that PCMag won. They got exactly what they wanted, and they would have in every scenario.
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    • snypher 3 hours ago
      Well, if they wanted me to have the unfortunate experience of reading Eric Griffith's bio and having an even lower opinion of their publication, it was a total success.

      Edit; oh people like DaVinci Resolve, how insightful. If this is the media replaced by an AI summary please accelerate the timeline.

  • NetMageSCW 5 hours ago
    How the once mighty have fallen.
  • dcrazy 2 hours ago
    So they’re pulling the J.D. Power scam.