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Comment by ErikAugust

6 years ago

Feel free to use Trim to remove all paywalls and JavaScript from places like the New York Times: https://beta.trimread.com.

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nillium  6 years ago

How is this not theft?

Journalism is expensive. Of course, there are other business models (full disclosure, we're building one too: https://blog.nillium.com/what-can-napster-teach-local-news/) but circumventing a paywall is not the answer.

Yes, the NYT is one of the few outlets that is doing reasonably well right now. But many newspapers are going out of business, or at least furloughing employees -- employees who already were not earning huge salaries.

If you read the article, and they ask for money to let you do that -- then honor that request. Just because you can hop over a paywall doesnt mean you should.

catacombs  6 years ago

How about buying a subscription to not just NYT or other national outlets, but local news organizations so the people reporting on these issues can keep the lights on.

  • cutemonster  6 years ago

    I've gotten the impression it'd cost like $100 / month to subscribe to the different newspapers whose articles I read maybe once a month?

    But if there was a way to subscribe to all of them and pay $1 per article

    (But I'd like to use Trim for 2 years, for Nyt.)

  • zepto  6 years ago

    The NYT in this case should never be supported again.

    Scott Alexander does important journalistic work in deeply analyzing the issues.

    It’s worth noting that the story is about how he was right about coronavirus in ways that the NYT was not.

    The NYT is knowingly attacking his livelyhood and person by exposing him in this way.

    • catacombs  6 years ago

      > The NYT is knowingly attacking his livelyhood and person by exposing him in this way.

      You have no evidence to back up this claim.

      Yes, the fact SSC was fast to publish information about the coronavirus than other organizations. But, do you really think the NYT, a behemoth in the media world, considers an obscure blog -- to many -- a threat?

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