I have never come upon a paywall while casually browsing the news and thought, "Let me get my credit card out."
It's always, "I don't need to know that badly."
I have never come upon a paywall while casually browsing the news and thought, "Let me get my credit card out."
It's always, "I don't need to know that badly."
@pheonix
The same here.
But: In Germany we have a newspaper-website which take a different approach.
Everything is free to read, but you get the chance to pay for an article after reading without the need to subscribe.
I´ve paid 1 or 2 Euros several times to this news-outlet.

Niemand muss taz lesen. Aber wer will, kann. Unser Journalismus ist nicht nur 100 % konzernfrei, sondern auch kostenfrei zugänglich. Texte, die es nicht allen recht machen und Stimmen, die man woanders nicht hört – immer aus Überzeugung und hier auf taz.de ohne Paywall. Das ist dank Ihrer Unterstützung möglich!