The Atlanta Journal-Constitution offered trial subscriptions that claimed to bring back the "newspaper reading experience". While the layout was nicer, the ads

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution offered trial subscriptions that claimed to bring back the "newspaper reading experience". While the layout was nicer, the ads far fewer in number, and it gave access to long form reporting before it was released to non-subscribers, almost none of the trackers were gone. Newspapers are some of the worst about using third party trackers to make money and even a subscription to the online version of the paper doesn't keep you from being tracked. The double dipping might work short-term but ultimately it seems self defeating as the demographics of those most likely to pay for a subscription likely overlaps quite a bit with those who don't want to be spied on. If there's a potential revenue stream, some manager somewhere in the company is going to try to access it and leverage it for their own benefit, regardless of the larger long-term impact on the company as a whole.