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Yikes, I hate to be "that" person, but when I pulled up that link it was worse than a paywall. They said I can either subscribe, or whitelist them on my adblock

Yikes, I hate to be "that" person, but when I pulled up that link it was worse than a paywall. They said I can either subscribe, or whitelist them on my adblocker. No preview of the content or anything. No thanks, I'll take a pass on the malware this time and just read the comments from people willing to get through on here.

zodPod 10y ago
No need to hate being that person! The bullshit paywalls are obnoxious! It's good to know I'm not the only one annoyed!
- sd8f9iu 10y ago
  Honestly, how are they obnoxious? They're asking you to pay for a service. I wish there were more paywalls in online journalism. Low-quality ad-funded journalism is how we get clickbait and crap like the Huffington Post.
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  - nkohari 10y ago
    Do you subscribe to all of the sites with paywalls?
    - EGreg 10y ago
      Why not make it simple? Maybe like a PayPal for Paywalls, to start a subscription with one click?
    - SomeCallMeTim 10y ago
      Not the grandparent, but I don't run an ad blocker, which is how I "pay" for the sites. I do run NoScript, but I'll enable sites like the NYT. It's sad how the entitlement mentality convinces people that they not only have the right to consume all media on the web for free, but they also have the absolute, inalienable right to view it without looking at ads. Because the It seems very juvenile to me. "I want everything for free, even if it does cost money to create, and if I can't have it free, I'm going to post to complain about it!"
Freak_NL 10y ago
Interesting. I am getting no nagging or blocking at all with uBlock Origin. No ads either.
- MOARDONGZPLZ 10y ago
  Weird, I'm using uBlock Origin and am getting the "whitelist us or pay" message.
rconti 10y ago
I've survived 21 years on the internet with no AdBlock, until 1 week ago a horrible TalkingPointsMemo link that autoplayed shit all over the place was the final straw. But using AdBlockPro, I had no issues with this link.

zodPod 10y ago

No need to hate being that person! The bullshit paywalls are obnoxious! It's good to know I'm not the only one annoyed!

sd8f9iu 10y ago
Honestly, how are they obnoxious? They're asking you to pay for a service. I wish there were more paywalls in online journalism. Low-quality ad-funded journalism is how we get clickbait and crap like the Huffington Post.
- deleted 10y ago
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- nkohari 10y ago
  Do you subscribe to all of the sites with paywalls?
  - EGreg 10y ago
    Why not make it simple? Maybe like a PayPal for Paywalls, to start a subscription with one click?
  - SomeCallMeTim 10y ago
    Not the grandparent, but I don't run an ad blocker, which is how I "pay" for the sites. I do run NoScript, but I'll enable sites like the NYT. It's sad how the entitlement mentality convinces people that they not only have the right to consume all media on the web for free, but they also have the absolute, inalienable right to view it without looking at ads. Because the It seems very juvenile to me. "I want everything for free, even if it does cost money to create, and if I can't have it free, I'm going to post to complain about it!"

Freak_NL 10y ago

Interesting. I am getting no nagging or blocking at all with uBlock Origin. No ads either.

MOARDONGZPLZ 10y ago
Weird, I'm using uBlock Origin and am getting the "whitelist us or pay" message.

rconti 10y ago

I've survived 21 years on the internet with no AdBlock, until 1 week ago a horrible TalkingPointsMemo link that autoplayed shit all over the place was the final straw. But using AdBlockPro, I had no issues with this link.