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Re: A Free Wall Street Journal Login, Now Gone

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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?

When I pay, it is out of a sense of civic duty. Democracy requires journalism and journalism requires money.

Re: A Free Wall Street Journal Login, Now Gone

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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?

Because good content is not a dime a dozen and most content is regurgitated content from real sites/journalists that do the work.

Re: A Free Wall Street Journal Login, Now Gone

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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.

I am on my third month as a paying subscriber, and it is worth it to me. I am lower-middle class, so my budget is pretty tight. I wouldn't mind a discount!

Re: A Free Wall Street Journal Login, Now Gone

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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?

Classic tragedy of the commons.

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.

Because I don't want to pay for any kind of media that is owned by News Corp.

Re: A Free Wall Street Journal Login, Now Gone

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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 I don't want to pay for any kind of media that is owned by News Corp.

You presumably don't want to read it either then?

Re: A Free Wall Street Journal Login, Now Gone

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Great I just now find out this existed and it is too late!

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

Like this Chrome extension I made... :)

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/xray/dgkdfehohjdbm...

Re: A Free Wall Street Journal Login, Now Gone

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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?

Because if you're not paying for it, someone else is paying for it to be shown to you.

Re: A Free Wall Street Journal Login, Now Gone

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So wait- thousands of people are openly confessing to "hacking" into protected computers via unauthorized access methods? Isn't this a criminal offense when perpetrated over state lines, a violation of the computer fraud and abuse act..? And how about fraud, conspiracy, illegitimately stealing services, and the like?

Meanwhile, OTHER people-- security researches, trolls, whoever-- some maybe have told the media about private data being shared on open links-- they get to go to jail.

It's almost like criminal laws are selectively enforced against people who corporate and powerful special interests don't like, and flagrantly ignored when broken by members of the establishment.

Re: A Free Wall Street Journal Login, Now Gone

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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?

Because if you're not paying for it, someone else is paying for it to be shown to you.

You can pay for for it and still be served what someone else is paying for you to see.
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