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Generally speaking, it requires knowing who is subscribed and being able to check this status when they are trying to view an article. Thus some method of track
by Kalium 8y ago
Generally speaking, it requires knowing who is subscribed and being able to check this status when they are trying to view an article. Thus some method of tracking users is required. Cryptography and signed tokens might make it possible to abstract the who from the status, but the nature of a subscription requires the user being able to prove their status.
- sp332 8y agoThat's not really tracking. Advertisers track users across multiple web pages to target ads to their inferred interests. An advertising-based site would need a way to associate a visitor with a bunch of other sites. A subscription-based site doesn't have to collect or keep identifying data. A username and password will do, along with something like a Stripe token which only lets Stripe identify the user.
- Kalium 8y agoUnder some definitions of tracking, you're absolutely correct!