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Lovely; a monthly sub to an article talking about monthly subs. You have to realise I will never, ever, going to pay ‘thebaffler’ and especially an article expl

Lovely; a monthly sub to an article talking about monthly subs. You have to realise I will never, ever, going to pay ‘thebaffler’ and especially an article explaining that everyone wants subscriptions in a site that gives me one article and the rest is a subscription.

smcin 2y ago
More than "one free article"; I checked and TheBaffler seems to allow you read 4 articles(/mth?) before subscription-walling.
- loloquwowndueo 2y ago
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  - smcin 2y ago
    The point was clearly that the site seemed to have different (monthly) free limits for EU/US, and that anonzzzies was served a different page to me. No need to be rude.
- anonzzzies 2y ago
  It literally says it at the bottom for me; from the start; maybe elsewhere it’s another number or it lies. Point stands no? Article writing about subscriptions wants a subscription.
  - smcin 2y ago
    Interesting; I'm in the US; where are you? Also, mobile/desktop? (It literally doesn't say it on the webpage served to me; don't assume the same version is served to all countries)
    - anonzzzies 2y ago
      EU and mobile; it pops up right away and says 1 article. I tried to view another one and that indeed got me to the payments page.
      - smcin 2y ago
        Must be due to the GDPR then.
        anonzzzies 2y ago
        Doubt it but people seem to misinterpret gdpr rules all the time. Americans are especially paranoid about the letter of the law while here we only use the intention. It’s all only about big offenders not some blog no one reads.
        smcin 2y ago
        I didn't say "GDPR rules", more like a business decision about how many free articles to allow non-subscribers to view in GDPR vs non-GDPR region.
kmt-lnh 2y ago
ungated link: https://archive.md/BQqNk https://archive.md/BQqNk
troyvit 2y ago
So ... software and content are the same thing? SaaS is the same as an article? - Does reading The Baffler trap you in its ecosystem? If you cancel The Baffler do you lose functionality? - If The Baffler closes up shop because it was bought by a larger newsletter does it brick any of your devices? - I turned uBlock off for this page (it was blocking 6 things) and there are no ads. Can you say the same thing for Netflix or fricking Windows? - Does The Baffler take what you give it and resell it because its 5,000 word privacy policy which you didn't read but had to agree to says it can? - Will The Baffler's third rate security practices release your identity and those of your customers to private auctions on the dark web? This is how the article supports itself. Looks like it's about $5 per article. Still though it's interesting how you put it. In a period where everybody expects web content for free, we're paying literally trillions to subscribe to software products. As somebody who works for a content organization I'm now asking myself what aspects of the SaSS model can we take up to get people to pay our writers and editors to continue producing local news? I guess we just need to figure out what content people are keeping in spreadsheets.

smcin 2y ago

More than "one free article"; I checked and TheBaffler seems to allow you read 4 articles(/mth?) before subscription-walling.

loloquwowndueo 2y ago
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- smcin 2y ago
  The point was clearly that the site seemed to have different (monthly) free limits for EU/US, and that anonzzzies was served a different page to me. No need to be rude.
anonzzzies 2y ago
It literally says it at the bottom for me; from the start; maybe elsewhere it’s another number or it lies. Point stands no? Article writing about subscriptions wants a subscription.
- smcin 2y ago
  Interesting; I'm in the US; where are you? Also, mobile/desktop? (It literally doesn't say it on the webpage served to me; don't assume the same version is served to all countries)
  - anonzzzies 2y ago
    EU and mobile; it pops up right away and says 1 article. I tried to view another one and that indeed got me to the payments page.
    - smcin 2y ago
      Must be due to the GDPR then.
      - anonzzzies 2y ago
        Doubt it but people seem to misinterpret gdpr rules all the time. Americans are especially paranoid about the letter of the law while here we only use the intention. It’s all only about big offenders not some blog no one reads.
        smcin 2y ago
        I didn't say "GDPR rules", more like a business decision about how many free articles to allow non-subscribers to view in GDPR vs non-GDPR region.

kmt-lnh 2y ago

ungated link: https://archive.md/BQqNk https://archive.md/BQqNk

troyvit 2y ago

So ... software and content are the same thing? SaaS is the same as an article? - Does reading The Baffler trap you in its ecosystem? If you cancel The Baffler do you lose functionality? - If The Baffler closes up shop because it was bought by a larger newsletter does it brick any of your devices? - I turned uBlock off for this page (it was blocking 6 things) and there are no ads. Can you say the same thing for Netflix or fricking Windows? - Does The Baffler take what you give it and resell it because its 5,000 word privacy policy which you didn't read but had to agree to says it can? - Will The Baffler's third rate security practices release your identity and those of your customers to private auctions on the dark web? This is how the article supports itself. Looks like it's about $5 per article. Still though it's interesting how you put it. In a period where everybody expects web content for free, we're paying literally trillions to subscribe to software products. As somebody who works for a content organization I'm now asking myself what aspects of the SaSS model can we take up to get people to pay our writers and editors to continue producing local news? I guess we just need to figure out what content people are keeping in spreadsheets.