The Times paywall goes up tomorrow. I’ve said my piece on this, but I’d like to add a comment on their new-look site, which has been up and running a couple of weeks now: it’s terrible. The pages are slow to load, the pictures are vast and almost all stories are now split across two or more pages – even if the last page just has a couple of lines – so that they can tell advertisers they’ve got a higher number of page views.
I may or may not go for the £1 introductory offer for the first month, but £2 a week thereafter – sorry, no.
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It's a dilemma though.
On the one hand: fuck Murdoch.
On the other: Newspaper industry better alive than dead as regards public and political accountability, therefore viable business model needs to be found.
Thankfully, my individual contribution is negligible. It's a sorites paradox, and my personal actions make no difference. Like with global warming. So I can both not pay Murdoch and drive everywhere, knowing that it hastens bad ends, but making me feel better, whilst knowing it all really makes no difference.
Life, eh?
I thought it was my computer it takes ages to load stick and then you have to wait.
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