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i would pay for their subscription if they didnt blast me with ads even after paying.



not only do they advertise to you after you pay, if you are running adblock they attempt to guilt you into disabling it.

it's especially galling because the washington post costs me $27/year and doesn't bug me to disable my adblocker, and nytimes is $12/mo plus a guilt trip about "supporting journalism".


reminds me of wikipedia.

1) [massive funding campaign banner plea]

2) funds and visit wikipedia again

3) [massive funding campaign banner plea]

.. I don't know, use a cookie to make the banner smaller at least..


And after seeing how bullshit their unsubscribe flow is, I don't think I'll be joining back any time soon. As much as I want to support their work, these dark patterns are despicable.




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