Crap... The Onion now costs me money ...I'm not shitting you

[Ichingcarpenter]

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I just got that notice today ..........shit.

[meegbear]

1. I heard about that, but I thought it was outside the US only at first ...

I'm there now, are you in any special features?

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. I'm outside

so yeah, I'm fucked.... my favorite news source is now
a 5 times a month visit....... crap.

[meegbear]

3. Sorry to hear that ...

:-( I mean about the payment thing.

[brooklynite]

5. Heavan forbid people should be paid for their writing...

Where will we be if that catches on?

[Bucky]

8. There's two models, of course. The other is being paid by sponsors.

TV is free because the entertainment exists to draw an audience, whose attention span become the product they sell to the advertisers. I personally like the illusion of "free" entertainment that creates for me.

[brooklynite]

10. Most TV isn't

Broadcast channels are; cable channels (which have smaller audiences) charge user fees in addition to advertising.

[indurancevile]

14. but it used to be.

[Shandris]

9. Back to where no one can get news except from the local television, I'd wager.

I guess that sounds like a good deal huh.

[brooklynite]

11. Or, you could pay for your consumption.

I pay for two newspaper subscriptions, in addition to my cable TV bill and internet service.

[Ichingcarpenter]

17. Well send me the money then miss big bucks

cause I don't have a credit card.

[brooklynite]

19. Ill have to try that name out on my wife..

[Ichingcarpenter]

6. They had a funny article on NASA scientist tracing heat

coming from the center of the solar system.

I was gonna post it in the science forum

[JVS]

4. Oh fuck that. Shit was already getting tired 10 years ago.

[Xithras]

7. Press+ is easy to beat. You can still read it for free.

At least, in Firefox and IE. Just drop into Porn Mode (aka Private Browsing Mode) and open up the site. Using your browsers Private Mode keeps websites from planting cookies and malware on your computer, keeps your spouse or boss from seeing those dirty sites you're looking at, and it also keeps Press+ from keeping track of how many news articles you're reading!

My local paper started using Press+ a number of months ago, with a limit of 20 free articles a month. I still read their paper every day, and only get their nag screen when I forget to drop into Porn Mode first :)

[AlabamaLibrul]

13. Well played

[Xithras]

15. It's one of the main reasons I recently switched back to Firefox full time.

Porn mode on the new IE requires diving through a couple layers of flyout menus. In Firefox, it's right at the top of the first level menu...takes a half second to launch.

[Ichingcarpenter]

18. Thanks..I forgot about that trick

and it worked in safari.

[Mosby]

12. can't you just delete all your cookies and empty your cache?

That's what I have been going with NYT to avoid subscription.

[rox63]

16. I get their stories on Facebook

Since I "liked" their FB page.