You’re worth how many millions, yet unwilling to spend a few dollars a month on news to stay informed?https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1219911533070897153 …
Yep, and tons of other people too. It's not the money. It's the inconvenience. Who wants to fill out a long form for a subscription that auto-renews and you can't cancel without making a phone call, just to read one article?
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Exactly. I seriously started to fill out form at my desk then realized no PayPal, and would need to go find my wallet. Hassle, hassle, no thanks.
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Plus newspapers don't have the monopoly on keeping people "informed" that they used to. I made all those millions without ever subscribing to the WSJ, so apparently it's optional. Books + free news sources seem to be sufficient.
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Would you pay $3 - 5 more per subscription for a service that managed those tasks on your behalf? Auto-subscribe (pre-filled or via proxy), simple payment, auto-cancel (or opt-in renewal)?
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You’re absolutely correct the experience should be more convenient. And it is getting a lot better.
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If you merely offered a subscription that didn't auto-renew, that would be sufficient. And that is not a technical obstacle. That is a choice you made, and that you could change today if you wanted to.
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And once you have paid to subscribe, they'll still insult you with their stupid paywall every time you click a link because they can't figure out how to identify their paying customers even though their ads can track everything you've ever looked at before.
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I think it also has to do with availability and paying for something that once was free...
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To be frank I don't find newspaper subs that valuable. I pay for
@stratechery and think it's a steal but won't pay half that for a subs to nyt or wapo. For any given month there might be 2-3 articles in those papers worth readingThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Can I suggest a different monetisation model I haven't seen enough of? cont...
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- Pay what you want for specific articles (which is factored into journalists bonus) - If you overpay the mimumum amount to view an article it gets added as credit to you account for general news browsing on your service. Allowing for journalist discovery. Cont...
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