Screw the CST

[CowboyCO]

It seems I have used up their 15 complimentary viewings by reading Schmoldt's blog. I can pay them 2.95 a month, even though I'm a already asubscriber to the newspaper. Methinks I won't be renewing that sub. Screw 'em!

 

[MrTitleist]

There's a way around it if you're using Firefox or Chrome.. I won't tell you how, but I can tell you that it exists. The paywall thing is kind of annoying.. I can see why they did it, but I think there's other ways to collect revenue. If page hits on the websites go down because people don't subscribe to the paywall, then advertising online goes down.. and that's a huge chunk of revenue. I found out that if you go over on one Lee newspaper site (ie the Missoulian) that you will also be over on other Lee papers (ie CST). So I read both the Missoulian, CST, and sometimes an article in the Billings Gazette.. once I hit the wall on one, it's on all of them.

 

[laxwyo]

The blog should be free, the online articles should be free if you subscribe to the paper. You shouldn't have to pay for the online and the paper. I ran into the same thing, although I don't subscribe to the paper so I have basically been mooching. Would it help if I click some banner ads for them?

 

[fromolwyoming]

Subscribed to the Boomerang (get the paper anyways) and never ran into those blocks.

Though I never pay for anything online unless I'm ordering something from say, Amazon.

 

[MrTitleist]

Boomerang isn't a Lee owned newspaper.

 

[fromolwyoming]

Boomerang isn't a Lee owned newspaper.

Still, never ran into that block when checking the live updates.

 

[MrTitleist]

That's because the Boomerang hasn't initiated a paywall. The New York Times does it now too.

 

[fromolwyoming]

That's because the Boomerang hasn't initiated a paywall. The New York Times does it now too.

No, I meant for the CST and whatnot, not the Boomerang.

 

[zappinpoke]

I use firefox and have no problems.

 

[MrTitleist]

I found out early that reading the "comments" part of the papers, as well as the public record also counts towards your page hits.. so within the first two days I hit the pay wall.

 

[WyoBrandX]

This is too bad. If I remember right, trib.com (CST) was one of the first newspapers in the nation to publish stories online in the dawn of the Internet Age.

 

[MrTitleist]

I remember having trib.com dialup internet back in the day...

 

[whyoh]

I remember having trib.com dialup internet back in the day...

trib.com was my first e-mail provider

 

[mrtnt3x]

We better not have to pay for this site after 15 hits, OHHH, that would be GWG :rofl:

 

[Brew_Poke]

I never knew they had a paywall until I read this thread. I read their site everyday.

 

[laxwyo]

I switched to Firefox and haven't had any issues. Now that I am used to it, I think Firefox is better than Safari anyway.

 

[whyoh]

I switched to Firefox and haven't had any issues. Now that I am used to it, I think Firefox is better than Safari anyway.

you bet it is :rockon: