Chrome DevTools, Scroll Into View gets around paywalls

Re:Chrome DevTools, Scroll Into View gets around paywalls by enumjorge on Monday February 27, 2023 @09:25AM (#34956732)

I’d be more willing to subscribe if publications didn’t pull the dark pattern of making signing up fast and easy, but then requiring a call to a rep to cancel.

I used to subscribe to the nytimes but a few years ago I needed a break from news. My plan was to come back in 6-12 months, but they made me wait on the phone for 25 mins for something that should have taken a couple of minutes on their site. I cancelled and never went back.

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Re:Chrome DevTools, Scroll Into View gets around paywalls by monksy on Monday February 27, 2023 @10:00AM (#34957167)

I was going to subscribe to NYTdigital .. but I saw the reviews talking about this experience.

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Re:Chrome DevTools, Scroll Into View gets around paywalls by kvdveer on Monday February 27, 2023 @11:23AM (#34958259)

Move to the Netherlands. The medium used to sign up, should be available to cancel. Cancellation can't be harder than signing up, and (barring a few exceptions), you can't have an autorenew period of longer than a month, after an initial year.

These may actually be EU rules BTW, haven't checked.

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Re:Chrome DevTools, Scroll Into View gets around paywalls by AdamJacobMuller on Monday February 27, 2023 @11:41AM (#34958549)

privacy.com

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Re:Chrome DevTools, Scroll Into View gets around paywalls by huy77 on Monday February 27, 2023 @12:01PM (#34958870)

the browser should have a wallet feature, instead of asking you to subscribe, just pay for one article you want to read

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Re:Chrome DevTools, Scroll Into View gets around paywalls by nicwolff on Monday February 27, 2023 @01:48PM (#34960322)

You could suspend your subscription. (Shhh – suspending print delivery doesn't interrupt your access to the site or the Replica Edition ツ)

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Re:Chrome DevTools, Scroll Into View gets around paywalls by gorkish on Monday February 27, 2023 @02:06PM (#34960551)

My secret weapon for cutting through the call-to-cancel CSR script with a machete is the following:

"May I ask why you want to cancel your account today?"

"No, you may not."

For some insane reason they ALL phrase the question this way, enabling this little grammatical gem of a response. Enjoy.

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Re:Chrome DevTools, Scroll Into View gets around paywalls by lozf on Monday February 27, 2023 @05:45PM (#34963068)

Also useful when phoning for many other reasons:

"... calls may be recorded for training purposes."

"Thanks for giving me permission, I am recording this call ..."

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