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This is unrelated to the article but I love that npr.org allows opting out of tracking and in exchange for a plain text version of the site. I’ll happily give
by Lio 8y ago
This is unrelated to the article but I love that npr.org allows opting out of tracking and in exchange for a plain text version of the site.
I’ll happily give up eye candy for privacy and I’m sure it’s much cheaper for them to serve bandwidth wise.
- Tomte 8y agoDo you get to the article you were linked to? Because I‘m always redirected to their front page, with no way to get to the article that was linked.
- Lio 8y agoHmm, no I spoke too soon! Sorry, I can’t reach it either. Even tried editing the article URL to no avail. :(
- pocak 8y agoThere's a nine digit number in the middle of the normal URL. You can take a text-only URL and replace the identifier at the end. Shame on them for not making all articles reachable from the text home page, and for not redirecting to the article from the choice page. https://text.npr.org/s.php?sId=558058812 https://text.npr.org/s.php?sId=558058812
- loup-vaillant 8y agoTried that, and the "text only" version had no relevant text. It's not just eye candy we give up for privacy, it's the entire content. GDPR might have a say about that.
- ben0x539 8y agoYeah it's great Plain text link: https://text.npr.org/s.php?sId=558058812 https://text.npr.org/s.php?sId=558058812