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Re:Want to Stop Fake News? Pay for the Real Thing by witten on Friday February 01, 2019 @10:43AM (#19054970)
I had the same setup (uBlock Origin) and I just cancelled my subscription over ads. Not because I saw any, but because every NYT web page had a static (did not scroll) gray banner telling me to disable my ad blocker.

And then when I couldn't take it anymore and went to cancel, their retention department had the gall to suggest the message was not from them and maybe was from my browser.

Fuck you, New York Times. Paying subscribers should not see ads or be hassled to be tracked by the ad industrial complex. Raise your prices if you have to.

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Re:Want to Stop Fake News? Pay for the Real Thing by LocalPCGuy on Friday February 01, 2019 @10:59AM (#19055138)
As a counterpoint, I use NYT + uBlock Origin and never see a banner about disabling the ad-blocker.

In general though, I agree that paying customers should not be subjected to ads. But as someone who worked in the news industry (quite some time ago now) I don't think newspapers have learned that lesson yet or can afford to do that.

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