From: warren.oates@gmail.com   
      
   In article ,   
    Marc Bissonnette  wrote:   
      
   > JF Mezei  wrote in   
   > news:4fad554d$0$6806$c3e8da3$9b4ff22a@news.astraweb.com:   
   >   
   > > Warren Oates wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> The NYT has an interesting model: you can read up to a dozen article   
   > >> per month before the "paywall" kicks in.   
   > >   
   > >   
   > > Globe will do the same but won't say how many articles people can read   
   > > for free.   
   > >   
   > > On freally wonders how much revenue they will raise from subscripions   
   > > if the only impact will be that people will stop reading once they hit   
   > > the paywall.   
   > >   
   > > There should be a law against puttihg up advertising on the paywall.   
   > > "sorry, you can't see the advertising unless yo pay, but we'll still   
   > > make momey by throwing advertusing at you".   
   > >   
   >   
   > That's what I like about arstechnica.com : You can read it all absolutely   
   > for free, but with ads in the site (and none of those flashover pieces of   
   > extrement) - Or pay $50 for the year to support their efforts and get the   
   > entire site ad-free.   
   >   
   > A *much* smarter way to go about it.   
      
   As I pointed out, the NYT paywall can be gotten around by resetting   
   their cookies or changing browsers. As far as I can see, cookies are the   
   only way they can have any kind of open "portal." If they start charging   
   to look at any article at all, no one will go there, and no one will see   
   the ads. The Washington Post is still free.   
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