I just went back and sorted by Most Recent and they're still going after him in the replies. I don't use gab so I'm not sure what's so bad about him charging but this is pretty amusing.
There appears to be a Bitcoin payment method but only if you buy a year in advance. https://pro.gab.com/upgrade
(Also now that I look at it, there's apparently a bug on the page that will let you go back and select One Month after you select Bitcoin - so maybe that works too.)
I just went back and sorted by Most Recent and they're still going after him in the replies. I don't use gab so I'm not sure what's so bad about him charging but this is pretty amusing.
It seems, from reading those comments, that people's chief concern is that payment removes anonymity.
Might be possible to circumvent using gift cards paid with cash (or with cash directly). Hard to blame Torba for wanting to sustain the service though
There appears to be a Bitcoin payment method but only if you buy a year in advance. https://pro.gab.com/upgrade
(Also now that I look at it, there's apparently a bug on the page that will let you go back and select One Month after you select Bitcoin - so maybe that works too.)