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Weekend Warrior

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46. Not possible as you have stated.

Wed Sep 20, 2017, 05:50 PM

Sep 2017

It's still a general concept worth thinking about. Blog tiered pricing. No sharing of passwords. Star members are simply ably to pass through. The algorithm would be extremely simple. Not sure about the pricing.

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I don't want to buy an online subscription to WaPo and NYT [View all] cyclonefence Sep 2017 OP

You're such a taker Blue_Adept Sep 2017 #1

Look, I'm a newspaper brat myself cyclonefence Sep 2017 #21

With as much as a reader can get out of it and at just $8 a month Blue_Adept Sep 2017 #25

Complete agreement. Raine1967 Sep 2017 #40

A communal subscription for tens of thousands of readers? How do you think the NYTimes pnwmom Sep 2017 #71

You can sign on incognito and read the article(s) you are COLGATE4 Sep 2017 #2

If you're using your phone to read Control-Z Sep 2017 #39

No. Buy it. It is people's (journalists) work and you should pay for it titaniumsalute Sep 2017 #3

Both are owned by two of the top ten richest people on earth. AngryAmish Sep 2017 #14

If they weren't, the papers would not have the resources to be useful. themaguffin Sep 2017 #19

Both are propaganda arms for billionaires AngryAmish Sep 2017 #28

It's like you didn't even read my comment. Sigh. Ok then. themaguffin Sep 2017 #53

Oh, FFS. Squinch Sep 2017 #66

I don't want it for free cyclonefence Sep 2017 #22

I doubt that is legal titaniumsalute Sep 2017 #27

Why Would It Be Different Than A Library? ProfessorGAC Sep 2017 #30

Libraries Don"t buy an individual subscription. Ms. Toad Sep 2017 #67

Hundreds of people Paying for 1 subscription...that's free Alice11111 Sep 2017 #29

That sounds like a reasonable idea. CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2017 #4

Thanks--I did that cyclonefence Sep 2017 #24

You can open a Private Window in your browser & paste the URL into it. Demit Sep 2017 #5

That would violate at least the NYT license. Ms. Toad Sep 2017 #6

??? Can't be shared within a family ???? LAS14 Sep 2017 #15

The license I agreed to. Ms. Toad Sep 2017 #26

If you use chrome, right-click on the link and choose "new incognito window" lamp_shade Sep 2017 #7

No need to pay for it, saidsimplesimon Sep 2017 #8

No. Agschmid Sep 2017 #9

Agreed. A HERETIC I AM Sep 2017 #11

Same boat........ MyOwnPeace Sep 2017 #10

I think I'm having a Great Depression-child's child problem cyclonefence Sep 2017 #37

33 year subscriber here...... MyOwnPeace Sep 2017 #42

I pay because I value the journalism. Pisces Sep 2017 #12

That's why I subscribed a few weeks ago. Ms. Toad Sep 2017 #68

Please support one of those orgs. WaPo's Sunday plus spooky3 Sep 2017 #13

I'm with you. Odoreida Sep 2017 #16

Why? white_wolf Sep 2017 #33

Nothing on any website is worth the security exposure. n/t Odoreida Sep 2017 #47

Students, military and government workers with the email to prove it get WaPo free Madam45for2923 Sep 2017 #17

Which paper do you get? zipplewrath Sep 2017 #18

You can get around the Washington Post paywall using google... PoliticAverse Sep 2017 #20

"I often am left wanting to know more" left-of-center2012 Sep 2017 #23

True, but after a couple of reminders cyclonefence Sep 2017 #34

Check if your local library has online access Freethinker65 Sep 2017 #31

What happens when one of the DUers changes the password and locks everyone out? SharonClark Sep 2017 #32

You hit it Cartoonist Sep 2017 #60

I would do it...I too get the post. Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #35

Asking DU to do this is really crappy. Raine1967 Sep 2017 #36

I bought online subscriptions to both The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2017 #38

Those sites should be free... Joe941 Sep 2017 #41

Who's going to pay the salaries of the reporter's then? NobodyHere Sep 2017 #44

The advertisers. You do know that that's where newspapers get the bulk of their $, right? Demit Sep 2017 #52

the community should collectively pay. Joe941 Sep 2017 #70

The suggestion to just share passwords is called theft ksoze Sep 2017 #43

Firefox private browsing shanti Sep 2017 #45

Not possible as you have stated. Weekend Warrior Sep 2017 #46

Some public libraries offer subscriptions crazycatlady Sep 2017 #48

Better yet, maybe we could ask the reporters and editors to work for FREE! brooklynite Sep 2017 #49

Also since Bezos owns Wapo, I believe 6 months is included with Amazon Prime crazycatlady Sep 2017 #50

If the link comes from a page on google.com the WaPo paywall doesn't appear... NurseJackie Sep 2017 #51

Here is what you do jberryhill Sep 2017 #54

FYI I subscribe to WaPo and they let you share the subscription with one other person mucifer Sep 2017 #55

Do you subscribe to any other paper? ginnyinWI Sep 2017 #56

My subscription to the Philadelphia Inquirer doesn't include any other online subscriptions cyclonefence Sep 2017 #57

Somebody has to pay them. DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2017 #58

Have you ever heard of a library? cwydro Sep 2017 #59

Oh my glob cyclonefence Sep 2017 #61

Oh dear. cwydro Sep 2017 #63

Whoa cyclonefence Sep 2017 #64

Lol. cwydro Sep 2017 #65

Buy subscription..I bought one..it's worth it dembotoz Sep 2017 #62

If you have an iOS device, there is a way to see all articles. bluepen Sep 2017 #69

I subscribed to the NYT because Trump hates it redstateblues Sep 2017 #72

Me too cyclonefence Sep 2017 #73