wrote:
> Deeply Filled Mortician schreef:
>
> > On Thu, 7 Dec 2006 17:08:38 +0000,
> > this_address_is_for_spam@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor of
> > the royal duchy of city south and deansgate) wrote:
> >
> > >Ian F. wrote:
> > >
> > >> "Iceman" wrote in message
> > >> news:1165510277.629783.136360@j72g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > >>
> > >> > When newspaper websites expect me to register just to read one article,
> > >> > I always put my zip code as 90210 and my date of birth as 1999. If
> > >> > enough people make these annoying registration pages useless for
> > >> > gathering information then newspapers will stop using them.
> > >>
> > >> But if you're using the resource, surely it's not too much to ask for a
> > >> few details. If the system falls down, then newspaper websites will begin
> > >> charging, as indeed a few of them do already.
> > >
> > >And then people will stop reading them and go elsewhere for information.
> > >I just can't be faffed with endless registration processes.
> >
> > It stinks of bad business management to me to charge for something
> > that's free elsewhere.
>
> I pay for access to the online Guardian, as I can't get the real paper
> delivered to my door in Holland (at least not in a reasonable time
> frame and at a reasonable price).
>
> They can charge me for it, because Guardian articles are not available
> for free elsewhere.
What kinds of articles are you referring to? You can read most of the
articles IME- or are they limited to UK ISPs?
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