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It's worth it. They run sales all the time, I've been paying $7.50/mo since January for a basic online subscription. There's enough new content every day that

It's worth it. They run sales all the time, I've been paying $7.50/mo since January for a basic online subscription. There's enough new content every day that you'll never run out of interesting stuff to read. Just sign up for a free account and watch the promotional e-mails for a sale.

1337biz 8y ago
If they would really focus on interesting articles like these I would follow that. But their political bend has just become too pedantic. Of the big paper WSJ is for me the last one readable as I find their slight conservative bend a lot less obnoxious in their tone.
- dmix 8y ago
  Agreed, I subscribed to NYT since subbing was an option, and read daily for a decade, until they decided to double down on partisan politics (I presume as a business decision over quality) since the last US election. The switch was very noticeable if you were paying attention. Maybe coinciding around the time the new Arthur took over as lead... I too switched to WSJ and don't mind paying the extra cost. I miss the days when NYT feigned neutrality and focused on the balanced reality of stories over fermenting outrage via opinion pieces packaged as breaking news. You can still find the good NYT content as the pop up on content filters like HN, Twitter, and Pocket without having to put blinders on to ignore half the other content on the site.
taurath 8y ago
Also you can read offline after a refresh. Biggest feature for me
jopsen 8y ago
Last I tried I had to immediately cancel on principal since the pricing was deliberately obscured. Credibility was lost before I could even read the articles.
- Swizec 8y ago
  If The New York Times, a 166 year old newspaper with a tradition of fine reporting, can lose all its credibility over that ... I don't even know what to say. You sound like a terrible customer and I'm sure they're happy not to have you?
  - seiferteric 8y ago
    To be fair they have some shady practices. They were forcing you to call to cancel for example. I am sure this works well for them to act as a deterrent, but it's still shady I think.
    - Swizec 8y ago
      Yeah that’s annoying, but going so far as them losing all credibility over that seems extreme.
      - WillPostForFood 8y ago
        Maybe crediblity isn’t quite the right word, would you go for losing all good will?
  - praneshp 8y ago
    I'm sure they prefer having another customer, and would probably try to educate them about principal vs principle. http://www.dictionary.com/browse/principal http://www.dictionary.com/browse/principal
    - jopsen 8y ago
      Sorry, auto correct.. I could also excuse myself as not being a native English speaker :) But I'll go with the autocorrect excuse in this instance..
  - jopsen 8y ago
    As all brokers say: "Past Performance Is Not Indicative Of Future Results". And okay, maybe it's not all credibility, but it certainly loose the ability to do business with me. Just go to nytimes.com, click subscribe, and try figure out what it's actually going to cost? Because I honestly can't figure it out.
refoundglory 8y ago
I uses to have a subscription, then I emailed them a complaint about hiring Bret Stephens for his disingenuous bullshit and they canceled my subscription - I was quite surprised.

1337biz 8y ago

If they would really focus on interesting articles like these I would follow that. But their political bend has just become too pedantic. Of the big paper WSJ is for me the last one readable as I find their slight conservative bend a lot less obnoxious in their tone.

dmix 8y ago
Agreed, I subscribed to NYT since subbing was an option, and read daily for a decade, until they decided to double down on partisan politics (I presume as a business decision over quality) since the last US election. The switch was very noticeable if you were paying attention. Maybe coinciding around the time the new Arthur took over as lead... I too switched to WSJ and don't mind paying the extra cost. I miss the days when NYT feigned neutrality and focused on the balanced reality of stories over fermenting outrage via opinion pieces packaged as breaking news. You can still find the good NYT content as the pop up on content filters like HN, Twitter, and Pocket without having to put blinders on to ignore half the other content on the site.

taurath 8y ago

Also you can read offline after a refresh. Biggest feature for me

jopsen 8y ago

Last I tried I had to immediately cancel on principal since the pricing was deliberately obscured. Credibility was lost before I could even read the articles.

Swizec 8y ago
If The New York Times, a 166 year old newspaper with a tradition of fine reporting, can lose all its credibility over that ... I don't even know what to say. You sound like a terrible customer and I'm sure they're happy not to have you?
- seiferteric 8y ago
  To be fair they have some shady practices. They were forcing you to call to cancel for example. I am sure this works well for them to act as a deterrent, but it's still shady I think.
  - Swizec 8y ago
    Yeah that’s annoying, but going so far as them losing all credibility over that seems extreme.
    - WillPostForFood 8y ago
      Maybe crediblity isn’t quite the right word, would you go for losing all good will?
- praneshp 8y ago
  I'm sure they prefer having another customer, and would probably try to educate them about principal vs principle. http://www.dictionary.com/browse/principal http://www.dictionary.com/browse/principal
  - jopsen 8y ago
    Sorry, auto correct.. I could also excuse myself as not being a native English speaker :) But I'll go with the autocorrect excuse in this instance..
- jopsen 8y ago
  As all brokers say: "Past Performance Is Not Indicative Of Future Results". And okay, maybe it's not all credibility, but it certainly loose the ability to do business with me. Just go to nytimes.com, click subscribe, and try figure out what it's actually going to cost? Because I honestly can't figure it out.

refoundglory 8y ago

I uses to have a subscription, then I emailed them a complaint about hiring Bret Stephens for his disingenuous bullshit and they canceled my subscription - I was quite surprised.