That's not realistic at all. Maybe for the average HN reader, but not for average users, even RSS savvy ones.
I know plenty of people who use RSS that wouldn't be able to check if Python is in their PATH as per your instructions. Unless there's some friendlier instructions that I'm not seeing.
Then maybe if it's too hard it's worth paying for.
I am always surprised (and dismayed) and the grotesque sense of entitlement engendered in people that they expect everything to be free, all the time, forever.
I agree completely, I was just offering a reason as to why people were reacting the way they were and that saying they lost nothing is just plain wrong.
I know plenty of people who use RSS that wouldn't be able to check if Python is in their PATH as per your instructions. Unless there's some friendlier instructions that I'm not seeing.