The Atlantic to Install Paywall

Re:The Atlantic to Install Paywall by cbcoutinho on Thursday December 21, 2017 @03:43AM (#15977361)

There's already an app that I know of that does that - or at least close enough. Blendle is an app where you pay per article you read, paid through your in-app account. My uncle uses it to selectively read articles from some large publications.

I think one downside is that those publications don't let you sign in on their systems, so you have to rely on the availability of the articles through a third-party. I agree that it would be great to have publications allow you to sign in through a third party system instead of their own. Maybe we can hope for one in the future?

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Re:The Atlantic to Install Paywall by geraltofrivia on Thursday December 21, 2017 @05:27AM (#15977757)

Also, while I'm sure it's there for practical reasons, the per article price makes me very uncomfortable. There's this split second decision that I make as open an article - is it worth my time? To ask "if it's worth my money?" before every read seems less than ideal. For instance if my music service asked me a penny for every song I play, I'd probably end up listening to a lot less songs than I do.

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Re:The Atlantic to Install Paywall by stiller on Thursday December 21, 2017 @06:49AM (#15978128)

Blendle offers instant refunds for this reason.

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Re:The Atlantic to Install Paywall by stiller on Thursday December 21, 2017 @06:48AM (#15978115)

Blendle offers this service, it's called Blendle Button: https://pay-docs.blendle.io/

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