Problem: why people share links to payed content ?
In my world, payed content = no sharing. It would be great if sites like this would just prevent that. I don't have a problem with payed stuff. I have a problem when people hijack my time by providing a link that turns out to be pay walled, whats the point of that ? No... I am not going to bounce register, does it anybody ?
You can actually read WSJ content on Blendle, they charge 49 cents for each article. Worth it for most stuff posted here IMO, while other shorter articles are not - just get the one-click refund if you encounter that.
Well, if you are trying to express your opinion to me, forcing me to pay to have access to it, I am not going to hear your opinion expressed, and will find others that will express it.
The newspaper (sites) really need to work together to come up with an alternative payment system that’s straightforward. What would I be worth in this article were I to be served an ad I didn’t click on? 3 cents maybe? I’d be happy to pay that to read quality content, not see ads and have trackers turned off.
Unfortunately most of the paywalls are pushing you towards a sub. I can afford that for 1 or maybe 2 news sources but after that it starts getting hard to maintain.
