> I collect the bare minimum to create an account (username, email, and password) but I understand people might not want to create an account.
Note that HN doesn’t require an email. You don’t strictly need one either. I understand why you’ve probably gone with one anyway.
What’s your plan for monetisation? It’s not ads, apparently, so what’s going to pay the hosting bills?
Yup, I agree - it was really just for resetting the account password. I don't really bother validating the email at the moment, so it shouldn't be too hard to just make it optional like HN does.
> What’s your plan for monetisation?
It really depends on how many people start using the app. If they can all fit on a single server including myself, probably not going to monetize it because I plan on using it myself. My original plan was to create a "pro" version that adds functionality for power users (like having offline reader mode). I'm not really interested in going down the ads route, so that seems like the most likely prospect at the moment.