Re:How the Guardian improbably put itself on the path to pro...
by dalbasal on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @05:03AM
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I dunno, I kind of think that any paywall has elements of competing goals.
The current cat-and-mouse of paywalls but with exemptions for facebook, search links, n-visits... it's an inevitable mess trying to do both wide distributions and access restriction.
A paywalled article can't be discussed on HN, retweeted and such. This isolates it from the wider conversation. That doesn't work with what media is today.
The current cat-and-mouse of paywalls but with exemptions for facebook, search links, n-visits... it's an inevitable mess trying to do both wide distributions and access restriction.
A paywalled article can't be discussed on HN, retweeted and such. This isolates it from the wider conversation. That doesn't work with what media is today.