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I would pay for just this article, but I don't want 12. Why does every newspaper only offers subscription option?

• paulie_a 9y ago
  Because otherwise you get incredibly terrible advertising. Although from my experience with paywalls, you still get that same bad advertising experience for 5 bucks a month.
• Hextinium 9y ago
  I would gladly pay .10 cents for each article that I read until I reach 3 dollars a month which is what they currently offer but I think that they like the repeatable revenue. I am guessing that they are betting that people will buy the economist and then just have it keep re-subscribing.
  • dawnerd 9y ago
    And like the nyt make it damn near impossible to cancel without talking to someone on the phone. I ain’t got time for that.
• Gys 9y ago
  Because we still have no good micro payment system. So payments are slow (enter creditcard numbers, paypal credentials) and expensive (whatever you use, transactions have a USD 0.30 miniumum plus a percentage...).
  • Animats 9y ago
    Bitcoin! Oh, right.
• overcast 9y ago
  We need a proper Netflix for news/magazines.