Re:Underestimating the power of Jeff Bezos
by mooreds on Monday September 18, 2017 @01:36PM
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> This won't support, or get you access to, the overwhelming majority of articles, though. It's as if each musician required their own, independent monthly subscription.
Fair enough. Sounds like "Spotify, but for news" is what you're looking for. I see your point.
> Newspapers can, and will, quietly double their prices without telling you
And that's just plain old bad customer service.
Re:Underestimating the power of Jeff Bezos
by dilemma on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @01:13AM
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If there was a way to get access to all articles published that would create an even larger demand, and subjective value of, single-publisher subscriptions like the NYT.
People, including you and me, don't want to have access to everything, they want choice access to the "best", chosen by a reputable entity.
This won't support, or get you access to, the overwhelming majority of articles, though. It's as if each musician required their own, independent monthly subscription.
"The NY Times costs something like 33 cents a day, for example."
Newspapers can, and will, quietly double their prices without telling you and then make it very hard for you to cancel. See my article on the Boston Globe, for example: https://rationalconspiracy.com/2016/04/24/dark-patterns-by-t....