Since people can’t seem to post non-paywalled things here: https://archive.ph/SxhOj
Not technically a paywall FYI; just gated behind free registration. Still of course annoying.
Oh, gee. We have to enter an email and give them data points. Cool.
? I’m saying that’s not what a paywall is by definition, not defending it as a practice. It’s arguably even dumber since at least a paywall means you’re directly financially supporting an outlet. This is just scuzzy for no real reason.
Not in this case
https://www.404media.co/why-404-media-needs-your-email-address/
you pay in ways other than money…
i.e. forced registration is still paywalled… (and there’s usually an article limit or some such after that)This mental gymnastics definition of a paywall is not widely accepted. I was pointing out a small mistake. Is my website paywalled because you need to spend electricity to access it? A paywall is one where a monetary transaction is involved to view the content; that’s just what the word means.
