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quortez, to mildlyinfuriating in Ironic
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I wish there was a way to have responsible news sponsorship without having this annoying ass article limit system or web 3.0 crypto nonsense.

(I nearly flinched when writing that last sentence because I still have PTSD from Twitter summoning the Hordes if you so much as mention that c-word.)

Unaware7013,

I have a yearly subscription to WaPo for this reason. It's nice to have real news available without the hassle. Still have to deal with the nags on NYT, but one subscription is enough for me.

walderan, to mildlyinfuriating in Ironic

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lemmyvore,

Lemmy can’t handle triple my daily limit.

Hangglide,

Lemmy can’t handle half my daily limit.

FlyingSquid, to mildlyinfuriating in Ironic
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I always put the URL into the Wayback Machine on archive.org in these situations. 9 times out of 10 there’s an archived version of the article with no paywall.

imallamabanana, to mildlyinfuriating in Ironic

I literally don’t read any articles that force me to register. I feel like I’m going to become rather ignorant because of it, but I don’t want to participate in their schemes either.

razorwiregoatlick,
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I use the Associated Press app. They have never asked me to pay and I don’t see stupid articles that are just links to Reddit or Cracked.

mtnwolf,
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I still use Google news to follow some topics and it gathers articles from my local news sites, too. But any time if shows an article that prompts me to register to see it, I just go back to the Google news page and tell it to block that source.

You annoy me once and you disappear lol.

imallamabanana,

Yes! That’s exactly what I’ve always done lol.

oatmilkmaid, to aww in Introducing my ferrets to the fediverse. Left to right: Bandit, Smokie, Jasper, Lilith

Omg it’s like you ran out of ink printing them. They’re adorable.

GrumpyJetPoet, to mildlyinfuriating in Ironic
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12ft.io works pretty well for articles like this

madnerds,

Or use an AdBlock list like gitlab.com/…/bypass-paywalls-clean-filters

god, to trippinthroughtime in Please for the love of God let me read my book in peace
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There is no love. Only old newspapers waiting in a drawer to be pulled out, half read and forgotten.

Shady_Shiroe, to memes in Fresh and funny
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Caesar was not involved in the making, selling, or distributing of this salad

CoderKat, to trippinthroughtime in Please for the love of God let me read my book in peace

🎵He had it coming, he had it coming 🎶

Void_Reader, to mildlyinfuriating in Ironic

All the actual journalism getting paywalled probably isn’t great for social/political discourse and our general grip on reality.

Karza,

It’s kind of ridiculous how quickly actual access to news and an informed world view, which WAS supposed to be one of the Internet’s great advantages, has become a dream unless you pony up to the whimsies of every fucking publication board craving fat profits.

Void_Reader,

Yeah, plus it’s not even like having to buy newspapers in the pre-internet days, it’s all recurring subscriptions that are a pain to cancel. Truly a great shame.

Void_Reader,

Yeah, plus it’s not even like having to buy newspapers in the pre-internet days, it’s all recurring subscriptions that are a pain to cancel. Truly a great shame.

Strangle,

It’s prices. You should be able to subscribe to a website for $3 a month

riodoro1,

Just wait till they paywall the air.

Now you get that polluted city shit for free and only need to pay for access to premium country air. As time goes by we’ll all need to pay up.

CanadaPlus,

On the bright side, that would come with a strong carbon tax and climate change would be much reduced.

CanadaPlus,

Everything funded by a ton of ads wouldn’t be great either. More state funding might be a solution but support for it is lackluster.

FunkyDuck,

It sucks because journalists do need to make money to continue reporting. Spamming sites with ads is bad for the reader’s experience too. Not totally sure what the solution is.

donut4ever, to mildlyinfuriating in Ironic

Has anyone tried WebApps? I did and it didn’t limit me when I passed my limit of 600

cybervseas, to mildlyinfuriating in Ironic

Reuters is different right? I mean, they’re actually producing content, not just taking user-created content and claiming that it’s theirs.

KingStrafeIV,

They’re definitely different, just found it ironic.

baseless_discourse, to memes in Trying coffee shops

elixir from philly is not happy with this meme lol.

Elgordofordo86, to memes in Trying coffee shops

I have never seen the word elixir on a coffee shop menu… With that being said… If I did see it this would be my exact reaction!

Serinus,

It’s a short code for “everything on the menu is ~$3 more than it should be.”

Last trendy coffee stop I visited, I told them I was offended by their prices and walked out.

theheavenlyroast.com/menu/

keenworld,

Yeah, overpriced + wellness culture nonsense

bizzle,
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8 bucks honestly isn’t like super outrageous, it’s in line with pretty much everything I can get where I am

Serinus,

This is the middle of Tennessee. Granted, a few miles out of a tourist town and a sprawling national park, but still Tennessee.

If this were Manhattan, I’d expect these prices.

Harlehatschi, to memes in Trying coffee shops

Better than “venti”

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