The Wall Street Journal to Close Google Loophole Entirely

Re:The Wall Street Journal to Close Google Loophole Entirely by fauigerzigerk on Saturday February 11, 2017 @06:23AM (#13622162)

I had a subscription to the Economist for years and was reader for much longer, but the content has gotten much worse and they insist on displaying video ads right in the middle of articles even if you pay for a subscription.

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Re:The Wall Street Journal to Close Google Loophole Entirely by sumedh on Saturday February 11, 2017 @06:52AM (#13622226)

I have Economist subscription and U Block, never seen any video ads.

Why do you think the content has gotten worse?

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Re:The Wall Street Journal to Close Google Loophole Entirely by fauigerzigerk on Saturday February 11, 2017 @07:32AM (#13622334)

I feel the content has become less evidence based, less thorough, less anlytic, less principled and less hard hitting than it used to be. There's more purely anecdotal/cultural stuff that I can get anywhere.

They used to ask important questions, investigate them thoroughly and then make the case for a particular conclusion. You could agree or disagree, but now it's often just an exercise in careful fence sitting, in "being sensible", even on matters where taking a principled stand is the obvious thing to do.

That said, I'm not entirely certain if it's me who has changed or The Economist or both.

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