PeteAnd that would appear to be the #enshittification of SingletrackWorld complete. Time to cancel my subscription. #cycling
By way of an update, STW got back to me pointing out that you can still access the sign-in page sans any block or trackers directly. https://singletrackworld.com/login
chrisgerhard@pete surely if you are already a subscriber they should not care that you have an privacy block?
@chrisgerhard Exactly. It seems that they require non-essential cookies to be enabled as well. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Daniel
wav3ydave@pete I only get that message if I'm not logged in. although of course if you're not logged in and you want to log in, you can't without turning off your adblock :-)
@wav3ydave I'm thinking that it signing me out after X days has triggered this. And yes, that's exactly the problem! And then when I did manage to get around the block to a sign-in form, it's not even for my STW account, but some 3rd party thing. I know things are tough, but they're really not helping themselves with this stuff. :-(
@pete we're struggling with these exact issues right now too although we haven't implemented anything yet. because adblock modal is a third party thing it's hard to get a custom login link on there. and it's the same with the consent or pay modal, difficult or impossible to use the current ones and tie them in with your own subs
@wav3ydave I feel for you, and for them. A right balancing act.
Mark has said they generate 12p a year from non-subscribers vs £37 from subscribers. It must be tempting just to stick the whole thing behind a paywall and be done with it.
Mark has said they generate 12p a year from non-subscribers vs £37 from subscribers. It must be tempting just to stick the whole thing behind a paywall and be done with it.
Richard Rutter@pete almost all the time I’m accused of using an ‘ad blocker’ I’m doing no such thing – I’m using a tracker blocker. My all means show me ads if they don’t track me. I mean I’d rather you didn’t show me ads, but still…
@Richr I don't know why, if sites insist on the tracking nonsense, they don't offer a non-intrusive fallback. If I bought a print cycling mag, I'd expect to see ads. I may ignore them, but accept them and why they were there.
I think I'd be ok with non-tracking relevant ads on websites. And the site hosting them would still show as a referrer to wherever I ended up should I click, so there'd still be metrics of some sort. But what do I know?
I think I'd be ok with non-tracking relevant ads on websites. And the site hosting them would still show as a referrer to wherever I ended up should I click, so there'd still be metrics of some sort. But what do I know?
Mark Chick