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If I could pay somehow on a per-article basis, for the articles I stumbled upon - I would. I don’t regularly read NYT and would have no use for a monthly subscr
by lostgame 7y ago
If I could pay somehow on a per-article basis, for the articles I stumbled upon - I would. I don’t regularly read NYT and would have no use for a monthly subscription as HN is the only place I see (unfortunately) regularly posting from NYT.
What we need is some kind of universal pass for articles that you pay a monthly fee for, and then as you read the articles from the sites it supports, it pays that publisher.
Additionally, the poster asked for a workaround - not to be lambasted for their choice to do so. :)
- corebit 7y agoSounds like Brave's BAT!
- SuoDuanDao 7y agoBrave Browser is an attempt at something similar.
- rb808 7y agoIf you create an account you get 5 free articles a month so that should suit you fine.
- ISL 7y agoI'd do it (and indeed have done it, but don't use the account), if I didn't have to be tracked in order to read....
- lostgame 7y agoYup. This. No, I don’t need yet another company having my info - I’m demanded to sign up on a brand new computer I just set up - I don’t even get a free article anymore. Tested it on a VPN to make sure, even. I think ‘quality journalism’ can do without stopping to this level.
- Cthulhu_ 7y agoDutch startup Blendle tried to do this, working with national newspapers to sell articles on a per-article basis. NY Times was one of their investors.
- Aloha 7y agohttps://launch.blendle.com https://launch.blendle.com They still are doing it - the issue of course is blendle wants me to be the portal from which I read all my news - and I want to read it from wherever, my account bring debited when I read a blendled page.
- lostgame 7y ago>> the issue of course is blendle wants me to be the portal from which I read all my news Bahaha, yeah, no. That’s not what I’m talking about. Imagine we could also pay a generic monthly fee for e.g. access to Netflix, Disney+, etc, and the profits go to the services we are watching at the time. All this celebration of Disney+ is honestly sad af, and shows just how out of touch people are. We are in days worse than cable television, except that it’s on demand.
- Aloha 7y agoI want the digital equivalent of a coin slot I insert money into when I'm on the nyt's website I can insert money into to read. I think we want the same thing.
- pbhjpbhj 7y agoLike Brave?