The Times paywalls go up...
Discussion
Art0ir said:
Can't you just view the web version on your tablet?
I must say that I did think that whilst typing but then why would they bother to do a tablet app? I am suspecting (pure guess) that the app downloads the paper (as a whole) daily and then next day does the same deleting the old one. Hence when you are stuck in the boonies it doesn't matter that you haven't got a web connection and also i suspect that there is far less data usage, but as said i am only guessing as i am a bit of a tecnical luddite!It doesn't delete the old edition.
The reason you would want a tablet app probably isn't best showcased on many of the newspapers, there are a couple of newspaper apps that are very good (guardian one is good) lots others are more direct ports of the paper with little added function which is not ideal given the tablet was built to make use of swiping, and make things look nice, a pdf of the daily paper isn't the best way of going about this!
The reason you would want a tablet app probably isn't best showcased on many of the newspapers, there are a couple of newspaper apps that are very good (guardian one is good) lots others are more direct ports of the paper with little added function which is not ideal given the tablet was built to make use of swiping, and make things look nice, a pdf of the daily paper isn't the best way of going about this!
The problem for me with the Times paywall is that they do not have a single-use price. For instance, I used to check out the Times for a while before visiting the UK. Even when they put up the paywall initially they had a per-day price which I paid. Then they insisted in subscription since which I never returned. Interestingly their columnists sem to be far less frequently quoted these days as nobody can forward an article as far as I know.
Funk said:
RYH64E said:
Funk said:
I'm still not convinced it's worth paying for.
Not worth £20 per year, £0.385 per week? They're not asking much for web/phone access!
Lots of Daily Wail-style "Top ten things you couldn't give a toss about" photo lists, plus the same story being covered almost identically on about 6 different articles to try and make it look busier than it actually is.
Kermit power said:
Lots of Daily Wail-style "Top ten things you couldn't give a toss about" photo lists, plus the same story being covered almost identically on about 6 different articles to try and make it look busier than it actually is.
The advertising world don't really understand this move by the Tele, it seems very odd, and even more so now they have changed it again and STILL missed the cookie thing (though I am sure they know about it but rather cannot work out how to get round it?)
okgo said:
Kermit power said:
Lots of Daily Wail-style "Top ten things you couldn't give a toss about" photo lists, plus the same story being covered almost identically on about 6 different articles to try and make it look busier than it actually is.
The advertising world don't really understand this move by the Tele, it seems very odd, and even more so now they have changed it again and STILL missed the cookie thing (though I am sure they know about it but rather cannot work out how to get round it?)
Kermit power said:
Funk said:
RYH64E said:
Funk said:
I'm still not convinced it's worth paying for.
Not worth £20 per year, £0.385 per week? They're not asking much for web/phone access!Lots of Daily Wail-style "Top ten things you couldn't give a toss about" photo lists, plus the same story being covered almost identically on about 6 different articles to try and make it look busier than it actually is.
At £0.40 per week it's an easy choice, especially as the main free alternative is The Guardian, and I couldn't face that every day.
I signed up to this last month as I wanted to read an article they had. Then I tried to cancel after about two weeks. Holy f
k, they don't make it easy, do they? After scouring Google it turned out you have to email them specifically asking them to cancel. I've since done this twice and only now have I received a response... telling me to ring a specific number and go through the options. aholes.
k, they don't make it easy, do they? After scouring Google it turned out you have to email them specifically asking them to cancel. I've since done this twice and only now have I received a response... telling me to ring a specific number and go through the options. aholes.
Desperation....
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Edited by RSoovy4 on Tuesday 8th October 09:51
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