I am skeptical of the success of their paywall but the activation fee does make some sense. If their goal is to avoid people subscribing only when needed, the $5 fee may be enough to convince people to stay subscribed month to month.
I cut cable about 10 years ago but due to increased broadband rates it was cheaper to switch to a "triple play" plan. I still don't watch cable and don't even know what my land line phone number is.
Isn't surge pricing based on when demand outpaces supply? Uber uses surge pricing to encourage more drivers. In the middle of the night, demand may be low but supply could be even lower. This could create a situation where travelers coming in may still need to pay higher rates to encourage enough supply at off-peak times.
Sorry, not trying to be impolite and could care less about the actual sales figures. Just wanted to get more clarity on the trends presented by having a better understanding of the sample set.
Personally, I have been a fan of the site for many years and always looking for new ways to support it.
An IP address is not perfect and there are ways to spoof/hide it. However, in the context of this forum, it would provide a good proxy to identifying a single user.
BTW, I am not advocating the listing of user IPs. Just using the IP address to create a unique nickname for the thread.
I have always respected Techdirt's policy of anonymous commenters and wish more more sites offered such functionality.
One feature request:
Would it be possible to identify anonymous commenters per story? For example, the 1st anonymous commenter to a story would be labeled as "Anonymous Coward #1" for all posts relating to the that story. The 2nd anonymous commenter would labeled as "Anonymous Coward #2", etc.
It is frustrating to read the commentary and not know if the anonymous comments are coming from one person or from 20.
More details on the story have Ubisoft reporting that it was a DDoS attach that took down their servers. They also claim that no one has hacked the DRM at this point
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What is really funny is that this is in a trade publication that gives away its printed version. Maybe the editor should have talked to the publishing/advertising side first to understand his own companies business model.
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Real competition is best the solution but without title II, we may be left with no options to enforce net neutrality until new law is passed.
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Re: Missing a vital bit of the quote...
“a full-feature article on flight and positive experience with JetSmarter, highlighting the concept and services."
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Re: Another Techdirt Leftist Rant...
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Cheaper than just broadband
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Was almost tempted to tell the the installer they could skip hooking up the cable box as I have no desire to watch 20+ min of commercials every hour.
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What is the incentive
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Re: Re: Re: Re: On Demand infrastructure?
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Personally, I have been a fan of the site for many years and always looking for new ways to support it.
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# of downloads
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Acces to me is a scarce good
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Re: Re: label anonymous commenters per story
BTW, I am not advocating the listing of user IPs. Just using the IP address to create a unique nickname for the thread.
On the post: Are Anonymous Comments Evil?
label anonymou commenters per story
One feature request:
Would it be possible to identify anonymous commenters per story? For example, the 1st anonymous commenter to a story would be labeled as "Anonymous Coward #1" for all posts relating to the that story. The 2nd anonymous commenter would labeled as "Anonymous Coward #2", etc.
It is frustrating to read the commentary and not know if the anonymous comments are coming from one person or from 20.
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Re: ARGH!!! Paywall
Really hits home the point that WSJ is taking themselves out of the conversation when people can not share their articles.
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DDoS attack
http://kotaku.com/5488372/denial-of-service-attack-kills-ubisoft-drm-your-assassins-creed-i i-playtime
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Re: You get what you pay for...
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