New York Times Halves Monthly Free Article Views To Ten 178
An anonymous reader writes "The New York Times has announced that, starting in April, visitors to NYTimes.com will only be able to access 10 free articles a month, down from 20 articles currently. The NYTimes paywall was put into effect last year, and seems to have been a success, with nearly half a million digital subscriptions to all of Times Co.'s websites; this despite the fact that the paywall is trivial to circumvent (for example, by deleting all cookies from nytimes.com)."
The submitter included a link to the WSJ article on the change, which appears to also be paywalled.
Frist they draw you in, then BAM! (Score:1, Funny)
The dealer always gives you a free sample of his book reviews. Then, when you're hooked, that's when he jacks up the prices on you!
So maybe (Score:5, Funny)
Slashdot should post half as many links to NyTimes.com per month?
Re:"trivial to circumvent" (Score:4, Funny)
I just feel sorry for the poor information that just so desperately wants to be free but is destined to live its life trapped behind a paywall.
Re:Oh Well (Score:3, Funny)
You know, my grocery store recently increased prices on produce despite the fact that it's easy to take stuff off the shelves and run out the door with it... What does the ease of circumvention have to do with it? Some people will steal if they can get away with it, some will pay their share.
Re:Oh Well (Score:4, Funny)
I pay for it, not because I can't get around the paywall, but because they provide a product I think is worth the money.
Hey, man, you're ruining this thread's neocommunist vibe.
Re:Get Over It Already (Score:4, Funny)
>believe that despite his ravaging where we live with tornados on a yearly basis, we've got a direct line to God.
If most of the people in the South called me on a daily basis, and I had tornado powers, I'd smite them too.