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Being offered a subscription while reading an opinion piece about drowning in subscriptions is a meta joke I really enjoy.

michaelteter 4y ago
Especially given the monopoly cash cow that is Bloomberg terminal subscriptions.
- incone123 4y ago
  There was a post on here a few days ago about an open source alternative: openbb.co
  - michaelteter 4y ago
    Yeah, but the big problem is that a lot of deals get made in the terminal chat system. Access to that chat system can be very important to doing business depending on the user's role.
    - incone123 4y ago
      I hadn't thought of that, but I did wonder how it would compete for supplying data feeds.
inconceivable 4y ago
https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome
ThrowawayTestr 4y ago
Newspapers have always had a subscription. You used to pay 3-4 bucks every day, now all they want is a few bucks a month. It's not ironic.
- Wowfunhappy 4y ago
  On the whole, I think paying for each day's paper is a lot "healthier" for the consumer. You only pay for the days you actually read the paper, and you're aware that you're making a payment each time. You can't just forget about it. You can also read five different papers on five different days depending on which one strikes your fancy, leading to a more balanced news diet. A problem I'm having right now is that I want to get news from multiple sources, but I can't afford to subscribe to all of the major papers, I have to choose one!
  - ipaddr 4y ago
    Back when people subscribed to newspapers a subscription was cheaper than daily purchases by far. Having someone bring it and come to your door to collect was easier. This is back when this was the only way aside from word of mouth to be informed (daily news touches on stories but moves on quickly)
- MrGilbert 4y ago
  The fact that I have to pay for news is not what this article is about. It's about getting hammered with subscriptions left and right, while getting subsciption popups on the same page at the same time. I find that amusing.
  - Wowfunhappy 4y ago
    I also appreciate the irony, although it is of course worth noting that different people were almost certainly responsible for the website and the article (and this type of firewall is in fact a mark of a good paper).
- yazzku 4y ago
  Except that then they make cancelling the subscription hard or impossible. https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/new-york-times-makes-subscription-cancellations-exceedingly-difficult-for-consumers-class-action-lawsuit-alleges/ https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/new-york-times-makes-su... Create a subscription? -> Click this button! Cancel? -> Oh, sorry to hear that. You will need to call one of our representatives. 8am-7pm Monday-Friday, EST.

michaelteter 4y ago

Especially given the monopoly cash cow that is Bloomberg terminal subscriptions.

incone123 4y ago
There was a post on here a few days ago about an open source alternative: openbb.co
- michaelteter 4y ago
  Yeah, but the big problem is that a lot of deals get made in the terminal chat system. Access to that chat system can be very important to doing business depending on the user's role.
  - incone123 4y ago
    I hadn't thought of that, but I did wonder how it would compete for supplying data feeds.

inconceivable 4y ago

https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome

ThrowawayTestr 4y ago

Newspapers have always had a subscription. You used to pay 3-4 bucks every day, now all they want is a few bucks a month. It's not ironic.

Wowfunhappy 4y ago
On the whole, I think paying for each day's paper is a lot "healthier" for the consumer. You only pay for the days you actually read the paper, and you're aware that you're making a payment each time. You can't just forget about it. You can also read five different papers on five different days depending on which one strikes your fancy, leading to a more balanced news diet. A problem I'm having right now is that I want to get news from multiple sources, but I can't afford to subscribe to all of the major papers, I have to choose one!
- ipaddr 4y ago
  Back when people subscribed to newspapers a subscription was cheaper than daily purchases by far. Having someone bring it and come to your door to collect was easier. This is back when this was the only way aside from word of mouth to be informed (daily news touches on stories but moves on quickly)
MrGilbert 4y ago
The fact that I have to pay for news is not what this article is about. It's about getting hammered with subscriptions left and right, while getting subsciption popups on the same page at the same time. I find that amusing.
- Wowfunhappy 4y ago
  I also appreciate the irony, although it is of course worth noting that different people were almost certainly responsible for the website and the article (and this type of firewall is in fact a mark of a good paper).
yazzku 4y ago
Except that then they make cancelling the subscription hard or impossible. https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/new-york-times-makes-subscription-cancellations-exceedingly-difficult-for-consumers-class-action-lawsuit-alleges/ https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/new-york-times-makes-su... Create a subscription? -> Click this button! Cancel? -> Oh, sorry to hear that. You will need to call one of our representatives. 8am-7pm Monday-Friday, EST.