Comments on: Project: New York Times Paywall http://www.aintaer.com/Musings/?p=180 Liberalitas, Crudelitas, Insanitas Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:45:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: YellowShark http://www.aintaer.com/Musings/?p=180&cpage=1#comment-1116 YellowShark Sat, 18 Aug 2012 22:13:48 +0000 http://www.aintaer.com/Musings/?p=180#comment-1116 I went a different route - Linux + Squid (forward proxy software), wrote a simple rule that blocks mtr.js & gwy.js... then told Firefox to use my new proxy server. However, Chrome's incognito mode works perfect. I just felt like geeking out with Squid, and being able to maintain my regular browsing habits. :) I went a different route – Linux + Squid (forward proxy software), wrote a simple rule that blocks mtr.js & gwy.js… then told Firefox to use my new proxy server.

However, Chrome’s incognito mode works perfect. I just felt like geeking out with Squid, and being able to maintain my regular browsing habits. :)

]]> By: Aintaer http://www.aintaer.com/Musings/?p=180&cpage=1#comment-970 Aintaer Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:36:57 +0000 http://www.aintaer.com/Musings/?p=180#comment-970 You can do the same in Firefox with Ctrl-Shift-P. But at that point you might as well start up a new browser just to read NYT's site. This is unintrusive to your regular browsing habits. You can do the same in Firefox with Ctrl-Shift-P. But at that point you might as well start up a new browser just to read NYT’s site. This is unintrusive to your regular browsing habits.

]]> By: JB http://www.aintaer.com/Musings/?p=180&cpage=1#comment-969 JB Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:46:41 +0000 http://www.aintaer.com/Musings/?p=180#comment-969 Or you can just browse with Chrome's incognito mode and never worry about the pay wall. Or you can just browse with Chrome’s incognito mode and never worry about the pay wall.

]]> By: Harmony Bloye http://www.aintaer.com/Musings/?p=180&cpage=1#comment-752 Harmony Bloye Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:40:11 +0000 http://www.aintaer.com/Musings/?p=180#comment-752 Hello just wanted to give you a quick heads up. The text in your article seem to be running off the screen in Safari. I'm not sure if this is a format issue or something to do with web browser compatibility but I thought I'd post to let you know. The design and style look great though! Hope you get the problem solved soon. Cheers Hello just wanted to give you a quick heads up. The text in your article seem to be running off the screen in Safari. I’m not sure if this is a format issue or something to do with web browser compatibility but I thought I’d post to let you know. The design and style look great though! Hope you get the problem solved soon. Cheers

]]> By: fontgoddess http://www.aintaer.com/Musings/?p=180&cpage=1#comment-602 fontgoddess Fri, 20 May 2011 03:03:59 +0000 http://www.aintaer.com/Musings/?p=180#comment-602 If this is how the NYTimes shows outward technical competency, I'm glad that I don't have to work with their internal CMS or billing system. In the mean time, I'll pay for a subscription when I've graduated and have a job. But maybe the best way businesses can get people to give them money is to make people *want* to give them money. Coercing people to do anything is a short-sighted plan, as they are likely to respect a business as much as they are respected by it. If there is an easier, cheaper, or just more pleasant option, customers will most definitely take their business elsewhere and are far more motivated to do so the more they are prodded or shaken down. If this is how the NYTimes shows outward technical competency, I’m glad that I don’t have to work with their internal CMS or billing system.

In the mean time, I’ll pay for a subscription when I’ve graduated and have a job. But maybe the best way businesses can get people to give them money is to make people *want* to give them money. Coercing people to do anything is a short-sighted plan, as they are likely to respect a business as much as they are respected by it. If there is an easier, cheaper, or just more pleasant option, customers will most definitely take their business elsewhere and are far more motivated to do so the more they are prodded or shaken down.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.aintaer.com/Musings/?p=180&cpage=1#comment-601 Andrew Wed, 18 May 2011 13:55:00 +0000 http://www.aintaer.com/Musings/?p=180#comment-601 Works great for me! Thanks a lot, just what I've been needing! Works great for me! Thanks a lot, just what I’ve been needing!

]]> By: Brent http://www.aintaer.com/Musings/?p=180&cpage=1#comment-563 Brent Sat, 30 Apr 2011 21:09:09 +0000 http://www.aintaer.com/Musings/?p=180#comment-563 Nice work. I took a quick look at the JS being loaded after the paywall was launched and made an educated guess that mtr.js was pretty much the core of things. I simply added that file to my AdBlock blacklist and haven't seen the paywall since. I still can't believe the NY Times spent +$25 million on such an absurdly inefficient and transparent 'solution' to the problem of protecting their content. As you say, sending all the important bits to the client and having it do the work is just silly, and kind of rude. Nice work.

I took a quick look at the JS being loaded after the paywall was launched and made an educated guess that mtr.js was pretty much the core of things. I simply added that file to my AdBlock blacklist and haven’t seen the paywall since.

I still can’t believe the NY Times spent +$25 million on such an absurdly inefficient and transparent ‘solution’ to the problem of protecting their content. As you say, sending all the important bits to the client and having it do the work is just silly, and kind of rude.

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