CNN launches a digital paywall, charging some users to read articles
10 points by hentrep 3 days ago | 3 comments
  • greyface- 3 days ago |
    > “Only after users consume a certain number of free articles will they be prompted to subscribe,” MacCallum explained.

    Great time for a reminder that most browsers allow you to disable cookies on a per-domain basis.

  • tourmalinetaco 3 days ago |
    https://archive.is/egpc6

    Archive.is should (hopefully) bypass paywalls here much like they do for other websites. Although, even if it doesn’t long term, not much will have been lost imo.

  • deadfece 3 days ago |
    I just use a bookmarklet for Archive.Today , it's easy enough.

    https://gist.github.com/573/e5cf230a03c5d53f848b58c3ced0bc95