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Ms. Toad

(33,915 posts)
68. That's why I subscribed a few weeks ago.
Thu Sep 21, 2017, 10:29 AM
Sep 2017

And why we subscribe to the local paper. I want someone doing this investigative work, so I'm spending some money to support it - even though it is trivially easy to skate around the pay wall of an entity that permits a handful of free articles a month.

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
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