Comment by colesantiago

> What's with the "everything has to be monetized" or optimized for earning?

> Why do people have to earn money on their hobbies?

> Why a person can't just publish stuff for others to read?

> Why should we be obligated to pay?

The Author:

> > Help support Res Obscura for its next 15 years…

Although you are not obligated to pay and nobody is forcing you, If this isn’t a problem for the author he wouldn’t be asking you for money.

But you do sound like this:

“Why do I have to pay for things?”

“Why can’t I consume things for free?”

Which sounds extremely entitled.

> If someone has to make a living, maybe they should stick to a proper job not a hobby side gigs.

This guy is an associate professor in history, not a working SWE or AI engineer like most people on HN.

Have you not considered that this person has a family to feed or rent to pay and just needs extra money?