I hate internet paywalls! (Which ones do you go for?)

[Jingthing]

1 hour ago, Moonlover said:

 

The O/P asked for an opinion. I gave it

 

Your comment runs somewhat counter to free speech and the freedom to choose and express how one lives ones life.

 

Does it not?

No. No I did not!

I most certainly DID NOT ask for a political debate here.

 

I asked about which sites people are tempted to pay for or are paying for.

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So have you succumbed to any? If so, which ones? 

 

I understood (unfortunately) that when I mentioned Wapo that was going to trigger some people, as many people have very strong feelings about that source (pro and con). But I needed to do that in the context of the topic -- asking people to say which sites they are paying for. If any. 

 

Edited October 14, 2018 by Jingthing

[Speedhump]

On 10/13/2018 at 10:05 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

I understand paywalls and they make sense. It cost a lot of money to write and publish good information.

 

Until now I only subscribed to a computer magazine online and offline.

 

I read The Guardian a lot and until now they have no paywall. But they want that people donate.

I would even consider donating money to them because lots of information is very good. But then there are some crazy feminist articles and somehow I guess these fanatics are also paid. I really don't want to support these crazy feminists and this is why I don't pay them any money.

The Guardian is a rag. I just steal their free crosswords. 

[The manic]

On 10/12/2018 at 1:31 PM, Jingthing said:

Oh. I wasn't really talking about porn sites. Newspapers and magazines etc.

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http://www.wrx.zen.co.uk/alltnews.htm

Edited October 14, 2018 by The manic

[The manic]

http://www.wrx.zen.co.uk/alltnews.htm

Excellent for a wide range of newspapers and mags

[quandow]

Fox News is still free. (HAW  HAW HAW, you pay for what you get)

[allanos]

22 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Wapo is a liberal paper editorially but it along with NYT is without a doubt the paper of record for the USA. It's so much more than just dry news. They cover pretty much everything in the world features and news. Plus they do include conservative opinion pieces of high quality for example George Will. I do concede they don't have much explicitly pro "trump" content per se. For that in the D. C. press people can go to that garbage rag the Washington Times. But Wapo does publish objective info that can be seen as pro "trump" such as low unemployment rates and the stock market going up when it is going up.

 

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It would be hard, even for Wapo to diss positive, verifiable statistics of growth happening under the Trump administration, however much it might stick in their craw.

[Jingthing]

2 hours ago, allanos said:

It would be hard, even for Wapo to diss positive, verifiable statistics of growth happening under the Trump administration, however much it might stick in their craw.

OK.

But again, this topic is NOT for political debate.

Refer to O.P.

Surely I can't be the only one paying for sites out of the many thousands of Thaivisa members.

Here's a can of worms. What if Thaivisa charged? Sorry I asked. 

[tebee]

20 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

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Here's a can of worms. What if Thaivisa charged? Sorry I asked. 

Then I wouldn't be here posting.

 

Some may think of this as a positive thing.....

[Jingthing]

1 minute ago, tebee said:

Then I wouldn't be here posting.

 

Some may think of this as a positive thing.....

Yeah it's one thing providing free content, it's another paying to provide content. I already regret bringing this up … 

[thaibeachlovers]

On ‎10‎/‎14‎/‎2018 at 7:56 PM, OneMoreFarang said:

How about paying for quality news?

 

And the other sites are not free. It's like facebook, some people think it's free and then they are surprised that that free service sells all their personal data...

Given I don't buy stuff on the internet they won't get much for my data. What annoys me though, is how the computer knows where I am and sends me ads based on the country I'm currently in. However, I'm getting quite good at ignoring them.

[thaibeachlovers]

18 hours ago, tebee said:

Then I wouldn't be here posting.

 

Some may think of this as a positive thing.....

You wouldn't be alone.

[OneMoreFarang]

33 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Given I don't buy stuff on the internet they won't get much for my data. What annoys me though, is how the computer knows where I am and sends me ads based on the country I'm currently in. However, I'm getting quite good at ignoring them.

"the computer" knows a lot more about you than just the country where you are in the moment...

[radiochaser]

On 10/12/2018 at 8:31 AM, Jingthing said:

Oh. I wasn't really talking about porn sites. Newspapers and magazines etc.

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"Well I can get by on their article limits anyway (LA Times, NY Times, The New Yorker)."

One way to get around the limits on articles read, is by going into the settings of your browser, opening up the cookie section. Some (or all) browsers allow you to add the URL to a list that deletes the cookies from that website when you close your browser.  

I do that when I see a notice from a website that tells me, e.g., You have read one article, you have 4 articles left.  

It is the cookie that tells the website how many articles you have opened/read.  

(I have only read the first page of posts, so do not know if someone else has written about this already)  

[skatewash]

10 hours ago, radiochaser said:

"Well I can get by on their article limits anyway (LA Times, NY Times, The New Yorker)."

One way to get around the limits on articles read, is by going into the settings of your browser, opening up the cookie section. Some (or all) browsers allow you to add the URL to a list that deletes the cookies from that website when you close your browser.  

I do that when I see a notice from a website that tells me, e.g., You have read one article, you have 4 articles left.  

It is the cookie that tells the website how many articles you have opened/read.  

(I have only read the first page of posts, so do not know if someone else has written about this already)  

Good suggestion!  Instructions on how to do that for the Chrome browser are below.  You basically leave cookies on by default and specifically set up your browser to erase cookies when the browser is closed for certain sites you specify (such as WaPo, NYT, NewYorker, or LATimes).  You never get blocked for reading too many articles because your cookie count is reset whenever you close your browser.  You could have problems reading more than the limit of free articles during a single browser session, but remember, you can always right-click on any article link and open it in an incognito (or private) window rather than simply left-clicking on the article.  This last technique works all the time and doesn't allow your cookies to be used against you to keep track of what you are accessing.

 

Allow or block cookies for a specific site

If you allow cookies by default, you can still block them for a certain site.

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. At the top right, click More   Settings.
3. At the bottom, click Advanced.
4. Under "Privacy and security," click Content settings  Cookies.
5. Next "Clear on exit," click Add.
6. Enter the web address.
   • To create an exception for an entire domain, insert [*.] before the domain name. For example, you could add each of the following, one at a time:
   • [*.]washingtonpost.com
   • [*.]nytimes.com
   • [*.]newyorker.com
   • [*.]latimes.com
   • etc.
7. Click Add.

To remove an exception you don't want any more, to the right of the website, click More   Remove.

Edited October 22, 2018 by skatewash
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