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I recommend the browser extension "Bypass Paywalls Clean". I sometimes think about the morality of using it, but I just don't find it viable to pay all the webs
by PufPufPuf 4y ago
I recommend the browser extension "Bypass Paywalls Clean". I sometimes think about the morality of using it, but I just don't find it viable to pay all the websites where I read just a single article.
- denton-scratch 4y ago> but I just don't find it viable to pay all the websites where I read just a single article. This. In the print days, you'd buy a newspaper; you'd have access to all the articles in that edition. I used to read a daily paper. In the modern world, these papers expect you to pay for a newspaper just to read a single article. I dunno, perhaps they could form a "Paywall Consortium", so that I could pay a one-day fee to the consortium, and have access to Washpo, Telegraph, NYT etc. for 24 hours. Let the consortium figure out how to distribute the fees - it's not my concern. But if you want me to buy the whole paper to read a single article, well, ain't gonna happen.
- Kerrick 4y ago> But if you want me to buy the whole paper to read a single article, well, ain't gonna happen. This was common for non-subscribers in the print days. Newspapers would print a number of enticing headlines and images on the front page above the fold, and display those folded newspapers for sale at dispensers, newsstands, and stores. Many people who bought a one-off paper would buy for a single article that interested them.
- mrkstu 4y agoFor a quarter. Which I would pay now for a single article that interested me, no physical paper required.
- denton-scratch 4y agoA quarter? For a printed newspaper? The cover price of The Guardian is £2.50 weekdays, £3.50 weekends (about 5 quarters and 8 quarters respectively). Apparently Washpo is $2.50 for the daily edition, which is about two quid.