The phenomenon of online platforms gradually degrading the quality of their services, often by promoting advertisements and sponsored content, in order to increase profits. (Cory Doctorow, 2022, extracted from Wikitionary) source
We discuss how predatory big tech platforms live and die by luring people in and then decaying for profit.
We also discuss how naturally open technologies like the Fediverse can be susceptible to corporate takeovers, rugpulls and subsequent enshittification.
I'm not going to deal with this, unsubscribing. I recommend everyone else to do the same, we can't let them get away with this. You can instead donate to an actually good news source, such as ProPublica. And nyt has a bunch of controversies, listed here. I can't support this with a clear conscience.
Lassie :3
What are some good paywall blockers btw? 12ft.io doesn't seem to work with nyt.
Yeah 12ft.io had to block the NYT because the NYT threatened them I think
12ft.io did an OG AdBlock and told NYT that they'll disable the site for them if they paid up.
This one seems to work well... at least for nyt.
https://www.removepaywall.com/
Honestly I just wait for other sources without paywalls if I hit one to avoid giving them any clicks :)
See if you can find the article on http://web.archive.org/
I use firefox with adblock and some kind of paywall blocker. Never get ads and no problem reading nyt.
Like no script?
Bypass paywalls clean is the name, it doesnt work on everuthing but i have no problem with the nyt. There are a million firefox addons, i get mine from internet comments. I recommend ublacklist which lets you block websites from google search results, eg no more facebook, twitter, instagram.
Thank you
Me too, way too many addons to go thru myself. I just use FF + UBO atm, stopped with no script as it started to do some weird things after I had used it for a year or 2
They do do weird things, but i went through 13 years of reddit and youtube with no adds at all so i think the weirdness is cool lol, i remember when evetyone stopped using firefox and i just never left, no ads, no worries lmao, meanwhile reddit was screaming about adds and everyone had to have chrome, i never got it.8
I've been using archive.ph with good results
Bypass Paywalls, on github?
https://github.com/fortarch/bypass-paywalls-chrome-clean-magnolia1234-kiwibrowser?tab=readme-ov-file
Theres a plugin for a variety of browsers, i use FF on Android and Desktop..