Is this a paywall website now?

[firefly3323]

I don't have any issues with the articles coming up, haven't had any requests for payment to read further. Not a cookie issue in my case, I do flush all cookies every time I close my browser but not until I close it.

 

[RedheadDane]

I just wish there was a way to keep track of your five free articles each month count. Because, surely it's not illegal - or even morally questionable - to just be very careful with how many articles you read.

 

[King Boonen]

I just wish there was a way to keep track of your five free articles each month count. Because, surely it's not illegal - or even morally questionable - to just be very careful with how many articles you read.

You can just count how many you read?

 

[RedheadDane]

You can just count how many you read?

You know I'm not great with numbers!
I'm not great with remembering either...
There's also the fact that it seems completely random with when it resets.

 

[King Boonen]

You know I'm not great with numbers!
I'm not great with remembering either...
There's also the fact that it seems completely random with when it resets.

You could just set yourself an arbitrary date, 1st of the month, and work from that. I used to use a stack of coloured post-its when I needed to remember a count for something. Stick 5 in a pile and remove 1 each article.

 

[fmk_RoI]

You can just count how many you read?

I went through a dozen articles on my phone last night, with cookies fully enabled and without flushing any. No paywall notification. So the argument that this is now universal seems to in error.

 

[King Boonen]

I went through a dozen articles on my phone last night, with cookies fully enabled and without flushing any. No paywall notification. So the argument that this is now universal seems to in error.

I don't think anyone has made that argument have they? I certainly didn't intend to.

 

[Netserk]

In case you didn't see my edit:

Reading a bit further in the document, I really can't see how it compares. What's your point? To play WoW you had to agree to the ToU that forbade bots explicitly. Here's some of CN's cookie policy:

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[fmk_RoI]

I don't think anyone has made that argument have they? I certainly didn't intend to.

While you say it's not universal your argument that we should all limit ourselves to just five free articles a month suggests you believe it is.

 

[King Boonen]

While you say it's not universal your argument that we should all limit ourselves to just five free articles a month suggests you believe it is.

No, I was talking specifically about people who have faced it or are doing something that means they won't. Sorry for any confusion.

 

[fmk_RoI]

No, I was talking specifically about people who have faced it or are doing something that means they won't. Sorry for any confusion.

You're also applying it to people like me and others here who flush their cookies. Or certainly you make it seem you are.

 

[King Boonen]

You're also applying it to people like me and others here who flush their cookies. Or certainly you make it seem you are.

Maybe we should go back to the start of this conversation. I said I hit the pay wall, people said I could avoid it, I said I wouldn’t. Anything since then I’ve said about people who are purposefully doing something to avoid it. You have said you’ve been hit with it, so clearly you’re consuming enough of their content to trip whatever limit they’ve set. It’s up to you what you do and I really don’t care either way, I’ve just given my opinion on people who are purposefully avoiding it.

 

[fmk_RoI]

I’ve just given my opinion on people who are purposefully avoiding it.

But you're lumping people who are not purposefully avoiding it in with people who are.

 

[King Boonen]

But you're lumping people who are not purposefully avoiding it in with people who are.

I mean, that is literally not what you’ve quoted. I’m talking about people purposefully going around it. How could someone avoid something they don’t know exists?

 

[tobydawq]

No, I was talking specifically about people who have faced it or are doing something that means they won't. Sorry for any confusion.

You're really a fan of rules, aren't you?

I faced it back in October but the last couple of months, I haven't seen the wall. Should I give myself a moral lecture for not having limited myself to five articles a month when I know they have an intention of that being the cap?

Am I allowed to read five on my PC and five on my phone or is that circumventing the rule too?

 

[King Boonen]

You can do whatever you want.

 

[Izzyeviel]

This is weird, I've been checking out this website and reading stuff for years... yet I've only now just received the bad news - any idea why this might be?

I thought it was a scam at first, they really need to do better at informing their users when they make such changes.

 

[manafana]

its back again it seems, still looks so iffy

 

[joe_papp]

its back again it seems, still looks so iffy

Good thing [for me] I stopped reading the site!

 

[jmdirt]

Its a crap system because I haven't read anything for quite a while so that I could save articles, but today I couldn't watch the race so I tried to read the recap and got the "sorry you've read 5" message. BS!

EDIT: at least now they tell you how much the monthly price is.

 

[samhocking]

.paywall {display: block !important;} Problem solved ; )

 

[Fantastico]

Its a crap system because I haven't read anything for quite a while so that I could save articles, but today I couldn't watch the race so I tried to read the recap and got the "sorry you've read 5" message. BS!

Same for me. I haven't read any full article on the website in months because it always shows me the paywall. I haven't observed once that the counter is set back and that I can read five articles for free again.

 

[Cookster15]

Same for me. I haven't read any full article on the website in months because it always shows me the paywall. I haven't observed once that the counter is set back and that I can read five articles for free again.

I am sure they are working on it but I don’t get blocked if I access via my phone. Very annoying though. And yes I don’t notice the 5 free articles per month?

 

[Cookster15]

Well its May 1 and I copped the paywall again. So much for the 5 free articles per month when accessing from my normal device (false advertising?). When I access via my phone I don't see the paywall so it must detect via the IP address not user name. But it is still very annoying.

 

[Potomac]

Just out of curiosity, could somebody list the headlines of 5 articles in a month that they found click worthy?