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Post by lisae on Jul 3, 2024 13:09:56 GMT
Per CNN, I am now out of 'free articles' and they want $6.99 a month to allow me to read content on their site. What I'm trying to find out is how many articles are free? Is it a monthly max? An all time max? I've searched and I can find nothing on the limits.
Has anyone else run into this? We do not have cable so I read CNN articles on-line occasionally. Mostly I read the NYTimes where I do have a paid subscription.
UPDATE: I tried something I saw on Twitter. If you click on the 'pay with credit card' option they give you, you get a message that they are just looking at new ways to support journalism. Then you can go on to your article. I don't know if this means they are going to add a subscription and they just want to see how many people will pay or what. I would not have paid.
Based on the Tweets I found, this little test has been around at least a couple of months.
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Post by Bridget in MD on Jul 3, 2024 13:29:31 GMT
I look at CNN a lot bc its not blocked on my work PC, and I haven't seen this... yet. But today I did get the "puzzle" to prove I am a human, which I've never seen before.
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Post by breetheflea on Jul 3, 2024 14:12:37 GMT
Politico did the same thing. I guess I'm doing too much doomscrolling...
I can still look at cnn on computer, just not on my phone.
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Post by Scrapper100 on Jul 3, 2024 15:06:34 GMT
I don’t look there often but it seems to be the new norm. Either they want money or you have to sign up with an email. Nope sorry. I haven’t had that happen yet with cnn that I remember.
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Post by lucyg on Jul 3, 2024 17:21:17 GMT
If we aren’t willing to pay for real journalism, real journalism will disappear from our lives.
The industry is already in crisis and things aren’t getting any better.
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Post by lisae on Jul 3, 2024 18:00:21 GMT
If we aren’t willing to pay for real journalism, real journalism will disappear from our lives. The industry is already in crisis and things aren’t getting any better. Which is why I have a NYTimes subscription. So if CNN restricts access, I will just stay there. CNN tends to be prompter with news. CNN also makes money from cable. |
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Post by Lexica on Jul 3, 2024 18:17:19 GMT
I received that message saying I had exceeded my allotted free articles too. There was a button to sign in. I clicked on that and to my surprise, I already had an account. I think I signed up to get the top 5 news items sent to my email months ago. I tried to sign in and it worked right away and I finished my article. I checked to make sure I was not paying for the site without being aware of it. I could not find anything that showed a pay account and I checked my bank also. It isn’t that I would not pay, it is just that I don’t want to be charged without my knowledge.
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Post by monklady123 on Jul 3, 2024 19:09:23 GMT
I don’t look there often but it seems to be the new norm. Either they want money or you have to sign up with an email. Nope sorry. I haven’t had that happen yet with cnn that I remember. Why not give them an email? Just make a throwaway one. I use Hotmail for that purpose, and keep my main one for real stuff. |
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Post by librarylady on Jul 3, 2024 20:09:53 GMT
Odd. I have the CNN app on my phone and so far have not received the message. I had no idea there was such a thing as a subscription to CNN.
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Post by papersilly on Jul 3, 2024 21:19:40 GMT
my workaround that is to right click your mouse until a menu pops up. click "INSPECT", then the settings wheel icon at the top. scroll down until you see "DEBUGGER" then click "DISABLE JAVA SCRIPT". works every time. i do that for the NY Times too. the worst that will happen is that some photos may not show but the articles are there.
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Post by lisae on Jul 4, 2024 1:30:22 GMT
Odd. I have the CNN app on my phone and so far have not received the message. I had no idea there was such a thing as a subscription to CNN. I'm working on my computer. I don't think there is a subscription service...yet. I think they are just testing the waters to see how many people would try to pay. |
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