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Re:Unlock Articles with Paywallskip by m000 on Monday September 02, 2024 @06:39AM (#41424245)
Can I get my money back if it turns out that some NYT article was outright lies, probably already paid for by some undisclosed shady entity?
Re:Unlock Articles with Paywallskip by napoleoncomplex on Monday September 02, 2024 @07:11AM (#41424385)
Do you get your money back if you go to the store and buy some new food/fruit/snack you don't like the taste of?

No, you throw it away, and probably won't buy it again. If you don't like NYT, don't buy from them.

If NYT is like an avocado for you, sometimes ripe and delicious, sometimes unripe, sometimes rotten, you get to decide how often you're gonna buy avocados, or if you'll develop your own methods of avocado testing before buying to increase your odds. In no case do you get to take the avocado skin back to the store asking for a refund.

Re:Unlock Articles with Paywallskip by holistio on Monday September 02, 2024 @07:37AM (#41424538)
I think the original question has some logic.

If the content is untruthful, it isn't in analogy with a fruit that you don't like, it's in analogy with a rotten fruit.

I expect a refund if a rotten fruit is delivered.

Really hard to implement with content.

Re:Unlock Articles with Paywallskip by napoleoncomplex on Monday September 02, 2024 @07:41AM (#41424566)
Perhaps a simpler analogy, you see a new bag/flavour of chips in the store, "super crunchy" "delicious", you buy it, go home, tastes horrible, barely crunchy, do you get to take it back and get your money back?
Re:Unlock Articles with Paywallskip by holistio on Monday September 02, 2024 @07:54AM (#41424683)
Misleading advertising is so common, I wouldn't really fret over it.

If it says super crunchy and you assess the crunchiness is merely average, well, that's your perception.

But if it says it's paprika flavoured and it turns out to be sauerkraut, you gotta bring it back to the store.

Re:Unlock Articles with Paywallskip by austinjp on Monday September 02, 2024 @07:45AM (#41424606)
Yep! Local stores are 'happy' to refund since they tend to value customers. Megacorps... not so much.
Re:Unlock Articles with Paywallskip by rafram on Monday September 02, 2024 @07:30AM (#41424480)
Trader Joe’s will give you your money back if you buy something and don’t like it.
Re:Unlock Articles with Paywallskip by holistio on Monday September 02, 2024 @06:45AM (#41424274)
I wish you could. I'd like Vernus to champion indie journalism, mainstream media is dying before our eyes anyway.