Would you pay a quarter to leave a comment on PCGamer.com? Before you scream "no" at me in the comments for the bargain price of free, consider that the PC Gamer magazine readers of yesteryear were Built Different.
Once upon a time, folks were so eager to mail their letters into the magazine that they'd pay for postage, which cost 30-50 pence per second class stamp in the UK circa 2010. Or they'd instead send the PC Gamer staff a text, at the cost of 25 pence "plus your standard network charge" for the 160 characters allowed in a single SMS message. Brevity's the soul of wit and all that, right?
