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It’s not a surprise, but it is a certain kind of schadenfreude to see a bug caused purely by the sheer amount of trackers they’re forcing into their users’ brow
by chatmasta 9y ago
It’s not a surprise, but it is a certain kind of schadenfreude to see a bug caused purely by the sheer amount of trackers they’re forcing into their users’ browsers. It might have been a good time for them to do some internal reflection.
And btw it’s not free; there is a paywall and you can subscribe to the NYT.
- untog 9y agoNYT isn't forcing these trackers into the user's browsers, ad banners are. You might say that's a distinction without a difference but I disagree, until you work with programmatic ad stuff it's difficult to fathom just how stupid it is, but also how unavoidable it is if you want to make money.
- ianlevesque 9y agoThey could try a subscription model.
- untog 9y agoGlibness aside, there is probably more written about NYT's revenue from ads vs subscription than any other major media company. IIRC they recently made more money from digital subs than they made from ads for the first time ever. But if they removed ads tomorrow it would still destroy the business as it currently operates.