Comments
Please wait...
Comments are closed.
Commenting on this item is available only to members of the site. You can sign in here or create an account here.
is a proud member of the
media network
media network
All contents © Index Newspapers LLC
800 Maynard Ave S, Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98134
800 Maynard Ave S, Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98134
A lot of why people turn off ads and paywalls has to do with how obnoxious people make them. I've noticed certain Chrome ads on FB have repeating images and movies. Time to go reset the AdBlock filters.
The L.A. Times is probably the toughest paywall to crack. (Also the content I'm least likely to pay for.) But here's a hint: they aren't using their own cookie. They partnered with a larger entity to piggyback the paywall on the other company's cookie. It's a cookie most folks do not want to delete.
There's no way to read second-hand online content, but I guess as long as someone, somewhere pays for it, I can convince myself I'm just reading their leftover edition.
Right...? Right...?
Even a journalist won't pay for journalism. Astonishing.
Ten bucks says he's got his New Yorker subscription on autopay.
Journalists are like anyone else-- they'll pay for news that flatters their self-image.
(Unlike the NYClean bookmarklet, this doesn't affect the visibility of article comments in Chrome, if you like reading them or commenting. It also doesn't make you clear all cookies, which logs you out of all websites you're normally logged in):
1. In Chrome, go to the Chrome store and install the Edit This Cookie extension.
2. Read some NYT articles, get annoyed at the "Pay up or else" banner.
3. Click the cookie button in the Chrome bar, you get a menu of NYT cookies.
4. Click on the "nyt-m" cookie, then on "Flag this cookie"; it will disappear from the list.
5. Read on & spread the word if it worked for you.
Go to AdBlock options, click on the 'customize' tab, click 'edit' to manually edit your filters, paste this in, and hit save:
*://*.nytimes.com/*/gwy.js*
*://*.nytimes.com/*/gw.js*
NY Times ain't Joe working in his garage with a printing press hoping to make a couple hundred dollars for the summer so he can buy his expensive Yamaha dirt bike he dreamed for!
It is a big committee with people doing boring tedious jobs that 75 percent of them likely hate and there is no one person with a vision or goal except to make money even though they got MILLIONS a year and can afford to lose a little.
If they were out of a job they would not suffer very much except they would be forced to learn how to (gasp) balance a budget!!! Balance a budget you say? NO WAY!!!