Is this a paywall website now?

[Hugh Januss]

...when you do fark articles, shilling for specific product categories, make the companies you are promoting, pay to make the article free to view by everyone. More viewers of the fark, more money in your pockets...win/win...you're welcome for the extra revenue you'll be getting, because I would read some of those articles, but I will never pay to get behind your wall.

As the proprietor of a local bikeshop I love that articles with hard hitting editorial content such as

"Garmin Fenix 7S Solar smartwatch hits cheapest ever price ahead of Black Friday"​

and

"Vitus and Nukeproof kids' bikes get huge Black Friday discounts amid Wiggle CRC insolvency"​

are basically the only ones I can read without paying.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

As the proprietor of a local bikeshop I love that articles with hard hitting editorial content such as

"Garmin Fenix 7S Solar smartwatch hits cheapest ever price ahead of Black Friday"​

and

"Vitus and Nukeproof kids' bikes get huge Black Friday discounts amid Wiggle CRC insolvency"​

are basically the only ones I can read without paying.

As a loyal patron of an LBS, I apologize for suggesting people be able to read articles that are causing local shops to go out of business. While I do not buy all of my items from my LBS (YouBet Bikes), I definitely buy more than 85% from them. They're good guys, and I feel pretty sure that Amazon will not fix my bike when it needs fixing.

 

[jmdirt]

The 5 articles warning is not actually based on anything, its just random. I haven't read an article on CN for months, and just got the warning when I clicked on the Pidcock training camp thread by mistake.

 

[RedheadDane]

Honestly, I like the way a site like Feltet.dk is doing it, with some articles being "+ Articles" requiring an account, but the rest being available for free.