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You could also take the cheapskate's way out and open the link in incognito mode. I don't know what the NYT was thinking when they developed such an easily cir
by zhemao 13y ago
You could also take the cheapskate's way out and open the link in incognito mode.
I don't know what the NYT was thinking when they developed such an easily circumventable paywall.
- HelloMcFly 13y agoThey were probably thinking about the diminishing ROI an increasingly strict and non-circumventable method would bring.
- tracker1 13y agoThat they need google to deliver the eyeballs.
- eob 13y agoThe NYT is executing a decade-long return to payment-based reporting. The early parts include easy-to-circumvent paywalls so that they can have some price discrimination [1] while also setting the social norms that payment is expected for web content. The later stages will likely include more rigid restrictions on content -- but that will only fly once "pay to read" is something people expect from expert content on the web, rather than are surprised by. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_discrimination http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_discrimination