50 articles a month AFTER 150 to start with? Idk, if you read it that much then maybe they deserve a little money.
Also, this is for people who’ve installed the app. For me, installing an app implies a dedication to the site or service. So they’ve installed the app, read 150 articles, and are reading more than 50 a month? Pay the guys.
125 is approximately 4 a day, so it’s really not that much. I suspect a lot are just opening articles (eg, by accidentally swiping sideways) rather than fully reading them too.
I don’t know man, if you are reading the guardian that much it might be time to start paying, it’s not like they are asking an extortionate amount from you either. Especially if you want to support the newspaper as it’s not a super profitable business to begin with.
The financial times is £35 a month on the cheapest subscription they offer so you could be paying much more.
To be clear, I’m not against paying for it - they do fantastic journalism and it’s worth supporting them. It’s just a surprise that they’ve implemented this given their stance has previously been very anti-paywall, instead making their money through other means.
In terms of the numbers, the usage to hit the paywall is about 4 articles a day, and they send out on average around 3 breaking news notifications a day so you just need to click on all of those to come very close to the limit. That might just mean that they send out too many notifications though!
That’s fair enough, who knows what changed at the guardian to cause this feature. Perhaps they just wanted to make some more profit, perhaps they are down on revenue from other means. Who knows. It is unusual for them to make this move after being anti-paywall you’re right. However they are definitely giving a decent amount of free articles in comparison to most other reputable newspapers.
I start paying local news after about 1 article per day, and usually more like $20/month not the £10 they’re asking for.
Pay up or stop expecting them to give you unlimited service for free.
Hell, I’m paying my local union paper $25/month to support their strike against their corporation and I hardly read their stuff at all.
pay them
I’d potentially pay someone who is upfront about it, but the Guardian has always said they won’t do that and has introduced this without announcement.
The Guardian says in their notice that access through the web is still free. This is for app access.
You’re looking at the announcement. Were you expecting a personalised letter?
This seems to be more of a notice that you’ve reached the limit than an announcement.
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Just use the website; there are annoying pop-ups asking you to subscribe, but they don’t limit how many articles you can read.
I used to subscribe, but I still got the annoying pop ups so I unsubscribed.
I uninstalled the app last month and use the website instead too. I put a shortcut on my homescreen so there’s barely a difference.
Quietly?
I’m not sure how quiet it is if it’s a image that covers the screen.
Perhaps a better title would have been “The Guardian website has a paywall.”
Get Pressreader. Your local library probably has a membership. It has the Guardian for free.
Ooh,. Is pressreader any good? Do you just get a PDF-ish version of the print edition which you have to try and zoom and swipe around to navigate and read, or is it a bit easier to use than that?
The guardian seems to be losing money like a sieve.
Oh no! Anyway …
