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On one hand I’m glad journalism is switching to paid website model, on the other hand - I just wish there was a better way of sharing paywalled content. It’s extra frustrating when it’s an article I enjoy reading and they let me read the first two paragraphs without any warning that it’s paywalled and they throw in 5 pages-long ad in between then suddenly BAM paywall. I’d much rather just have a “pay to see this” banner first or something.
I really like Ars Technica's model(and that’s why I’m subscribed) where if you subscribe you get no ads and some benefits like RSS feed to full articles.
This being said, I don’t think it’s your responsibility to warn us about paywalls.
Why? I want to be notified if I won't be able to engage with a post. The entire point of sharing things is to start a discussion, and if I can't do that because something is paywalled, what's the point?