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Originally Posted by BetterRed
Organisations that show ads when I'm logged into their sites using a paid subscription account irritate me. IMO I shouldn't need an ad-blocker turned on to avoid their ads, they already got my money - example: The New York Times.
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How much
more would you be willing to pay for a subscription to
get an ad free experience?
The NYT is simply an example of a problem affecting newspapers and consumer magazines in general. The cost of a copy purchased at a newsstand, or via a subscription, doesn't even cover the direct cost of
producing the publication. Things like the salaries of the folks working on it and making actual
money for the publisher come from advertising. Eliminate ads, and you eliminate the publication. It's simply not
possible for the NYT or pretty much anyone else to charge
enough for a subscription to dispense with ads.
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Dennis