The phenomenon of online platforms gradually degrading the quality of their services, often by promoting advertisements and sponsored content, in order to increase profits. (Cory Doctorow, 2022, extracted from Wikitionary) source
We discuss how predatory big tech platforms live and die by luring people in and then decaying for profit.
We also discuss how naturally open technologies like the Fediverse can be susceptible to corporate takeovers, rugpulls and subsequent enshittification.
I'm not going to deal with this, unsubscribing. I recommend everyone else to do the same, we can't let them get away with this. You can instead donate to an actually good news source, such as ProPublica. And nyt has a bunch of controversies, listed here. I can't support this with a clear conscience.
Silly rabbit, did you think paying for a subscription would protect from advertising forever?
I am old enough to remember when cable TV was sold to the masses on the premise that if we bought cable, we wouldn't have to see commercials, since our subscriptions would pay for the service.
It's a ratchet system; annoy you, convince you to pay to make the annoyance go away, then wait a while and introduce another annoyance.. and convince you to pay somre more on top of that to get rid of that annoyance... rinse, repeat.
Take to the seas, my lad (or lassie). yarrrrr.
Lassie :3
What are some good paywall blockers btw? 12ft.io doesn't seem to work with nyt.
Yeah 12ft.io had to block the NYT because the NYT threatened them I think
12ft.io did an OG AdBlock and told NYT that they'll disable the site for them if they paid up.
This one seems to work well... at least for nyt.
https://www.removepaywall.com/
Honestly I just wait for other sources without paywalls if I hit one to avoid giving them any clicks :)
See if you can find the article on http://web.archive.org/
I've been using archive.ph with good results
Bypass Paywalls, on github?
https://github.com/fortarch/bypass-paywalls-chrome-clean-magnolia1234-kiwibrowser?tab=readme-ov-file
Theres a plugin for a variety of browsers, i use FF on Android and Desktop..
How do you apply this in the context of news articles?
Bypassing adblockers, paywalls etc. are often called 'theft' by mainstream media and their corporate owners. So adblockers (such as uBlock Origin) and similar methods, by the media owners' own definitions, can be considered piracy though that definition should be disputed as merely viewing a web page doesn't deny it from others.