New York Post Tries Hamfisted Safari Browser Block To Try To Sell More iPad Apps
from the good-luck-with-that dept
DannyB points us to the news that apparently the folks at the NY Post are still figuring out how this web thing works. As there's been a lot more attention paid to things like apps, they put together a fee-based NY Post app. I have no idea if it's any good, but somewhere along the line, it appears that someone at the Post realized that people could bypass the app by simply visiting the NYPost website via the browser on the iPad. Rather than think that perhaps they should focus on making the app more valuable and worth paying for, the geniuses went a different direction and decided to block access to anyone arriving at the NYPost.com domain via a Safari browser on an iOS device. Will this make people buy the app? Probably not. It might encourage them to go to competing sites, however. Even more ridiculous is that apparently no one at the Post realized that there are other browsers: you can still get to the site via alternatives like Opera and Skyfire.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Filed Under: apps, ipad, ny post, paywalls, safari
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Mike Masnick
I give it a few more hours before they realize there are other browsers to lock out as well.
Sorry, Mike. Had to poke a little fun at your expense because I laughed at the statement of other browsers while claiming the NY Post "still needs to figure out the internet".
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Typical..
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Pointless
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This is Apple
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why not give them all the blocks while you are at it.
jesus mary and joseph ! Now you go and tell them ? I realize it is the new york post, but they can read. thanks
sheesh.
KC
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Easy to circumvent
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1st visit to NYP
But i was a bit surprised to see, in the US/World News section, 'Dead end for Peter Parker' as the third top world news story. But then perhaps the BBC would have a Dr Who story on the front page? Perhaps.
NYP -what an awful looking site!
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why would you even look for a browser and not the OS itself or even the device via the headers.
that way when they make their android app ... muwhahaha
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change the User-Agent
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I need some context...
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