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Ask HN: What's a good alternative to The Verge now it's login-gated?
For the last few years I’ve mainly just checked The Verge for the latest tech news. Alas, I will not be creating an account just to browse.
- williambaker 2y ago[dead]
- williambaker 2y ago[dead]
- cebert 2y agoI seem to still be able to read articles if I dismiss the email popup.
- akudha 2y agoWhy do so many free sites force users to login? Are they trying to shield their content from AI bots? Or is it something else?
- lbhdc 2y agoThey have a paywall now, you can still view their free articles without an account. My understanding is that most publications like this have declining financials. More competition, functional replacements in the market, declining search traffic, changing audience preferences. The pay wall is to try to re-capture some of that lost rev to keep things going. They have some free articles about this and have talked about it on their podcast.
- joegahona 2y agoThey want your email address so they can spam you with newsletters, which increase retention.
- fragmede 2y agoHisense vs linkedin says it's legal to scrape content without a login wall.
- dalanmiller 2y agoThe answer is to pay for content you enjoy. The Verge is a great site, it was an easy decision to pay to be a member.
- HumblyTossed 2y agoTrue, but they didn't ask how to get it for free. And besides, people are pretty much over having to subscribe to everything. It's not that they don't wish to pay, it's just they don't want to have to pay every single entity every single month. It's just too much. If only micropayments had took off.
- melodywilliams 2y ago[dead]
- bdangubic 2y agohttps://archive.is https://archive.is
- amazingamazing 2y agowhy won’t you create an account if you like the content?
- danielcraig3001 2y ago[dead]