Tell HN: Now Washington Post is asking to turn off Firefox's tracking protection

Re:Tell HN: Now Washington Post is asking to turn off Firefo... by reaperducer on Friday October 12, 2018 @01:53AM (#18199549)

I am poor but I am willing to pay as much as 5 dollars a month.

So subscribe to your local newspaper. One of my subscriptions is $25/6 months of Sunday delivery and you get free unlimited online access. That's $4.16/month — below your stated budget.

If more people put their money where their mouths are, then we could break the media of their third-party ad serving addiction.

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Re:Tell HN: Now Washington Post is asking to turn off Firefo... by abdullahkhalids on Friday October 12, 2018 @02:02AM (#18199572)

I do get one print newspaper at home. But I want to consume a wide variety of news sources, and a wide variety of news sources want me to consume their news, so I don't think there is anything wrong with demanding that I pay per article from any source.

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Re:Tell HN: Now Washington Post is asking to turn off Firefo... by a_f on Friday October 12, 2018 @04:56AM (#18200167)

I wonder if you could create a service like Netflix or Spotify for Newspaper articles? Where the newspaper/journal get a fee for publishing through the service and the users get ad free access to the articles. This would only be successful if you could get almost all publications in though.

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Re:Tell HN: Now Washington Post is asking to turn off Firefo... by chappi42 on Friday October 12, 2018 @03:08AM (#18199821)

Exactly! A subscription would enforce me to one provider only. With micropayment it's my choice when and where I read.

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