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Irony: a 7-days print subscription (to zip code 94089) to the NYT costs $520 per year during their "50% off" sale.
by DrScump 7y ago
Irony: a 7-days print subscription (to zip code 94089) to the NYT costs $520 per year during their "50% off" sale.
- danso 7y agoWhy is that ironic? A standard NYT subscription is generally intended for people making a professional wage. The standard academic rate for students is $1 a week (and many institutions have it subsidized entirely): https://www.nytimes.com/subscription/education/student https://www.nytimes.com/subscription/education/student
- DrScump 7y agoThat's a digital only rate and only for a limited audience. The textbook prices complained about in the op-ed are all for printed copies. Apples to apples.
- danso 7y agoYes, the "limited audience" is for students, the audience in question. The value of a textbook, or a newspaper, is not the paper. Are you under the impression that a rented textbook, and/or a digital version of it, is trivially cheap?