PeteAnd that would appear to be the #enshittification of SingletrackWorld complete. Time to cancel my subscription. #cycling
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.
@pete they have higher % subs than us because historically it's been a very subs-based offering thanks to the mag, but even so the ratio of non-subs to subs will be huge online. doubt they can afford to lose that revenue. we certainly can't
@wav3ydave Reading https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/the-new-forum/paged/39/ back they're paying £5200/year to UniConsent which shows that all those 12p contributions must add up!