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Doesn't the FT already do this ? - I'm failing to see what Google has to do with this. Some newspapers already send you a cookie and only let you see a certain
by ig1 17y ago
Doesn't the FT already do this ? - I'm failing to see what Google has to do with this. Some newspapers already send you a cookie and only let you see a certain number of articles before giving you a paywall.
- nfnaaron 17y agoI've noticed this recently about FT. My reaction is that when I notice a link is to FT I don't bother clicking it, because it's annoying to get the "register first" page, and that because I'm only going to close the page rather than register. It's not a rebellious, "they're taking my free Internet" reaction, it's just an annoyance that I swat away, like a fly and with about as much thought. This post is orders of magnitude more thought than I've given it to date. I wonder how many other people are going to react that way to FT and other sites?
- nfnaaron 17y agoI wonder if a news site counts the visit as a "visit" for purposes of selling ads and eyeballs when you get a paywall poster on your visit, and you just click away rather than register?