For 11 years I have read and contributed to Bangkok Post as pretty much my first-of-the-day web site. Now no more because as of this morning it has become available to all incuding existing members only on payment of a subscription.

Even the BBC in it's many world-wide iterations doesn't do that knowing full well that readership would fall away instantly. But BP is Thai and everyone knows how the Thai mind views the Farangs - they're packed to the brim with cash for the taking. Well, there are other news sites for the discerning farang seeking Thailand news in English, sites like Thaiger and The Nation and of course here.

So sadly I have to delete my BP membership if I can do so without first paying the upfront fee.

I guess I'll have to wear the "tight-fisted ol' curmudgeon" label on here now. I can live with that, at 80 on a UK pension which supports 2 families things get tight sometimes so paying for something available for free elsewhere is off the menu. So bye-bye Bangkok Post.

Will I be the only rat deserting that ship?

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by cliveshep

Will I be the only rat deserting that ship?

Nope.....I'm close behind you.

38 minutes ago, cliveshep said:

For 11 years I have read and contributed to Bangkok Post as pretty much my first-of-the-day web site. Now no more because as of this morning it has become available to all incuding existing members only on payment of a subscription.

Even the BBC in it's many world-wide iterations doesn't do that knowing full well that readership would fall away instantly. But BP is Thai and everyone knows how the Thai mind views the Farangs - they're packed to the brim with cash for the taking. Well, there are other news sites for the discerning farang seeking Thailand news in English, sites like Thaiger and The Nation and of course here.

So sadly I have to delete my BP membership if I can do so without first paying the upfront fee.

I guess I'll have to wear the "tight-fisted ol' curmudgeon" label on here now. I can live with that, at 80 on a UK pension which supports 2 families things get tight sometimes so paying for something available for free elsewhere is off the menu. So bye-bye Bangkok Post.

Will I be the only rat deserting that ship?

Ok, but if you read it free for 11 years what exactly did you contribute?