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Originally posted by tandfmanAn interesting column on this in today's NY Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/13/busin ... 3carr.html
Faced with an ad market that no longer supplies enough revenue to meet costs, many newspapers are now considering putting up pay walls on their Web sites, long an anathema in Internet culture. Consumers used to roaming freely across the Web in search of news and opinion may soon find themselves being asked to register at news sites and, in some cases, to fork over a credit card number.
Well, today Gannett rolled out their online subscription structure for all their newspapers - except USA Today - which included my local Cincinnati Enquirer. In short, non-subscribers get 20 article views a month before they're shut out.
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/2012 ... ur-readers
Of course, I had my plan - use a VPN that issues a new IP addy every time you log in. Except that didn't work. I couldn't figure out why, until it hit me. No, it couldn't be so simple as a cookie, could it? A cookie that, when dumped, would reset the counter?
Yep...There are no strings on me
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It's laughable really. I use Chrome for my browser, and all I have to do is browse the Enquirer website in Incognito mode, and when I close the window it automatically dumps all cookies I've picked up for that session. Voila! Next visit to the newspapers website my counter is back at zero page views. Did they not think people would figure out it was a cookie?There are no strings on me
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Originally posted by guruDid they not think people would figure out it was a cookie?
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Originally posted by guruIn short, non-subscribers get 20 article views a month before they're shut out.
Instead, they could easily separate content between subcriber and non-subscriber; or they could generally show non-subscribers the first couple paragraphs, and subscribers the whole article.
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Originally posted by tandfmanAnd do you think that they won't figure out that people are figuring it out and then figure out a way to stop people from doing what you're doing?
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Originally posted by j-a-mOriginally posted by tandfmanAnd do you think that they won't figure out that people are figuring it out and then figure out a way to stop people from doing what you're doing?
Any cookie can be dumped, and an IP logger(which I too thought they would use) is easily beaten by a VPN like Hotspot ShieldThere are no strings on me
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Originally posted by guruAny cookie can be dumped, and an IP logger(which I too thought they would use) is easily beaten by a VPN like Hotspot Shield
You fine with that? After all, you could easily take the tracking device out of your pocket and dump it, and you could walk there instead of using your car.
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Originally posted by guruWell, today Gannett rolled out their online subscription structure for all their newspapers - except USA Today
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Originally posted by MarlowOriginally posted by guruWell, today Gannett rolled out their online subscription structure for all their newspapers - except USA Today
That's fine, but my pojnt was for whatever reason Gannett is not using the(laughable) non-subscriber page view limiter cookie with USA TodayThere are no strings on me
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Originally posted by guruOriginally posted by MarlowOriginally posted by guruWell, today Gannett rolled out their online subscription structure for all their newspapers - except USA Today
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Originally posted by Conor DaryPeople actually read USA Today every day? The only time I look at it is when it is outside the door on the floor in the morning at a hotel.
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