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On the other side, I rarely read the New Yorker. I enjoy the occasional article that pops up here, but I wouldn't pay to read any of them. They'll lose me as

On the other side, I rarely read the New Yorker. I enjoy the occasional article that pops up here, but I wouldn't pay to read any of them. They'll lose me as a reader by going behind a paywall.

thathonkey 12y ago
The pay wall isn't meant to attract people who "rarely read" the New Yorker. Those are the consumers they are OK with losing because they didn't make up an appreciable demographic for their business model anyway.
- dublinben 12y ago
  Readers are readers. They now have zero chance of converting me into a paying subscriber, since I can't read their articles. With a more flexible paywall, I can be encouraged to subscribe every time I'm linked to an article.
  - cshenoy 12y ago
    It's a metered paywall [1]. You'll still be able to read a few articles a month. IMHO, that's fairly flexible. [1]: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/07/28/note-readers http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/07/28/note-readers
  - GrinningFool 12y ago
    But they had a zero chance of converting you to a subscriber to begin with. You represented only an expense to them.
  - discardorama 12y ago
    But you yourself said (in GP) that you wouldn't pay to read them. So the chance of converting you into a paying subscriber is 0 to start with. What's the loss? :D
adrusi 12y ago
The slate article calls it a "metered paywall" which means that unsubscribed users will be able to read a limited number or articles per week. You'll probably be below your limit every time "the occaisional article" pops up.
- ch4s3 12y ago
  Not to mention that if you're the free rider type, you can just read the articles in incognito and avoid the metering issue.
  - georgiapeach 12y ago
    You don't even need to go incognito. There are extensions available for every major browser that will let you set detailed cookie policies, such as wiping per-domain cookies once every x hours or x days. This can be set up once, and then be completely transparent to the user afterwards.
driverdan 12y ago
> I wouldn't pay to read any of them Then why should they care about you? If you're not willing to give them money you shouldn't expect them to give you content for free.

On the other side, I rarely read the New Yorker. I enjoy the occasional article that pops up here, but I wouldn't pay to read any of them. They'll lose me as a reader by going behind a paywall.

thathonkey 12y ago

The pay wall isn't meant to attract people who "rarely read" the New Yorker. Those are the consumers they are OK with losing because they didn't make up an appreciable demographic for their business model anyway.

dublinben 12y ago
Readers are readers. They now have zero chance of converting me into a paying subscriber, since I can't read their articles. With a more flexible paywall, I can be encouraged to subscribe every time I'm linked to an article.
- cshenoy 12y ago
  It's a metered paywall [1]. You'll still be able to read a few articles a month. IMHO, that's fairly flexible. [1]: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/07/28/note-readers http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/07/28/note-readers
- GrinningFool 12y ago
  But they had a zero chance of converting you to a subscriber to begin with. You represented only an expense to them.
- discardorama 12y ago
  But you yourself said (in GP) that you wouldn't pay to read them. So the chance of converting you into a paying subscriber is 0 to start with. What's the loss? :D

adrusi 12y ago

The slate article calls it a "metered paywall" which means that unsubscribed users will be able to read a limited number or articles per week. You'll probably be below your limit every time "the occaisional article" pops up.

ch4s3 12y ago
Not to mention that if you're the free rider type, you can just read the articles in incognito and avoid the metering issue.
- georgiapeach 12y ago
  You don't even need to go incognito. There are extensions available for every major browser that will let you set detailed cookie policies, such as wiping per-domain cookies once every x hours or x days. This can be set up once, and then be completely transparent to the user afterwards.

driverdan 12y ago

> I wouldn't pay to read any of them Then why should they care about you? If you're not willing to give them money you shouldn't expect them to give you content for free.