New Yorker Stories to Read Before the Paywall Goes Up

Post by function_seven » Thu, Jul 24, 2014, 11:30 PM UTC

IanCal wrote: post #24

digitalsushi wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We've had this thing to deliver content for 20 years (the web) but in the same 20 years no one has invented a simple way to pay for the content. I'll balk at 50 dollars a year the same way I'll balk at 3500 dollars worth of gourmet coffees paid on January 1st. Just let me spend small amounts so I don't become aware of my own habits.

> no one has invented a simple way to pay for the content. Single click amazon payments, google wallet? Or gumroad? Or stripe? How about monthly things like patreon? Flattr? Or things like bitcointip on reddit? How much simpler do you want things? http://www.patreon.com/ https://flattr.com/ https://gumroad.com/ https://stripe.com/gb

That's just it. You listed 7 different services that provide various ways of streamlining payment. Should I sign up for all seven? Or can I rely on all content providers supporting the one I choose?

Just like Visa, Mastercard, Discover, and Amex* are accepted everywhere, this problem won't be solved until an underlying universal payment network is established and ubiquitous.

So... BitCoin?

* I know I know, but it's 80%.

Post by augustocallejas » Fri, Jul 25, 2014, 4:49 AM UTC

spenuke wrote: post #20

This is good news for those who appreciate the New Yorker. Not everyone thinks that a world full of advertising and clickbait "information" is a desirable thing. Think of The Atlantic -- at one time, it was on par with The New Yorker for quality content. Now, it contains one rare pearl of compelling and thought-provoking writing (e.g., Ta Nahesi Coates's "A Case For Reparations") for every thousand transitory blips c…

Think of The Atlantic -- at one time, it was on par with The New Yorker for quality content. Now, it contains one rare pearl of compelling and thought-provoking writing (e.g., Ta Nahesi Coates's "A Case For Reparations") for every thousand transitory blips clamoring to acquire page-views.

The paper magazine contains more of the though-provoking articles, hence why I subscribe and skip reading the online version.

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