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Re: A Free Wall Street Journal Login, Now Gone

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No worries, there's an easier way to get through that doesn't require a login at all.

I use the aptly-named "innocuous Chrome extension"

I've paid for the digital subscription for 15 years. What's the aversion to more people paying? Perhaps the price would go down.

Re: A Free Wall Street Journal Login, Now Gone

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I use the aptly-named "innocuous Chrome extension"

I've paid for the digital subscription for 15 years. What's the aversion to more people paying? Perhaps the price would go down.

I took advantage of the Post and NYT's price reduction. Paying something like $10-$15 a month is pretty much a no-brainer. But at $30, I don't know if I'd read it enough to justify the cost.

Re: A Free Wall Street Journal Login, Now Gone

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use the aptly-named "innocuous Chrome extension"

I've paid for the digital subscription for 15 years. What's the aversion to more people paying? Perhaps the price would go down.

Because if it's important, I'll hear about it somewhere else. And if it's interesting, I can find other articles. Content is a dime a dozen these days, why would I pay for it?

Re: A Free Wall Street Journal Login, Now Gone

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I have a lot of respect for WSJ for actually having a paywall. I find this a lot more honest than the ad-based "social contract".

Never will I understand the moral obligation to allow a third party to try to manipulate me into buying something unrelated that I don't need in order to be allowed to read what I actually want to read. If you don't want me to read something without paying, then do just that. Don't try to control and subvert my computer to show me ads.

Re: A Free Wall Street Journal Login, Now Gone

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Buzzfeed, seriously? I know they have some professional investigative journalism articles[0], but this certainly isn't one of them. 0. https://www.buzzfeed.com/heidiblake/the-tennis-racket?utm_te...

As someone who despises BuzzFeed this article was about something I didn't already know about and was both somewhat interesting and informative. I liked it. Not every piece needs to be investigative reporting nor a rehash of reddits front page. This was a good example of middle ground
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