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The Advocate on line no longer free

Posted on 4/15/19 at 7:18 am
Posted by Tigerpaw123
Louisiana
Member since Mar 2007
17277 posts
Posted on 4/15/19 at 7:18 am

Flexible pay
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Quality journalism takes a financial commitment. We can no longer provide our content online for free to non-subscribers of our products. So, starting today, we are implementing a flexible meter that will limit the number of stories that can be read on theadvocate.com for free. If you are a subscriber, rest easy. You will continue to have unlimited access to theadvocate.com digital products, including our e-edition. In fact, we’ve taken steps to ensure faster page-load times.
Posted by Tigerpaw123
Louisiana
Member since Mar 2007
17277 posts
Posted on 4/15/19 at 7:19 am to
So if you pay, do they eliminate all the annoying ads?
Posted by BurningHeart
Member since Jan 2017
9524 posts
Posted on 4/15/19 at 7:19 am to
quote:

In fact, we’ve taken steps to ensure faster page-load times.


They've have exponentially more readers if they'd just did this and sprinkle a few quality ads here and there.
Posted by Ingeniero
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2013
18321 posts
Posted on 4/15/19 at 7:20 am to
They're doing you a favor by not letting you read that shite pile of a website
Posted by ForeverLSU02
Albany
Member since Jun 2007
52157 posts
Posted on 4/15/19 at 7:20 am to
Surprised it took them this long
Posted by DustyDinkleman
Here
Member since Feb 2012
18176 posts
Posted on 4/15/19 at 7:21 am to
Who cares?
Posted by BottomlandBrew
Member since Aug 2010
27153 posts
Posted on 4/15/19 at 7:22 am to
Just open the webpage in a private tab every time. Works for every other newspaper website except WSJ.
Posted by Mike da Tigah
Bravo Romeo Lima Alpha
Member since Feb 2005
58953 posts
Posted on 4/15/19 at 7:31 am to
NOT paying for it.
Posted by t00f
Not where you think I am
Member since Jul 2016
90514 posts
Posted on 4/15/19 at 7:33 am to
I only spot check them to see if they are ripping off our posts.
Posted by heypaul
The O-T Lounge
Member since May 2008
38133 posts
Posted on 4/15/19 at 7:33 am to
I can get 99% the newspapers websites free (including ads) by using a certain kind of browser on my phone.

I was just reading The Advocate 5 minutes ago.
Posted by member12
Bob's Country Bunker
Member since May 2008
32121 posts
Posted on 4/15/19 at 7:34 am to
If you pay, Will they eliminate grammatical errors and report the news correctly?
Posted by pjab
Member since Mar 2016
5648 posts
Posted on 4/15/19 at 7:35 am to
I’ll continue to go to NOLA.com. Their outsider perspective on the city really makes you understand local issues.

ETA: the party bus article author used the word “cooler” instead of icechest.

This post was edited on 4/15/19 at 7:38 am
Posted by biglego
Ask your mom where I been
Member since Nov 2007
76541 posts
Posted on 4/15/19 at 7:35 am to
I get my news from the OT anyway. Hopefully the OT stays free
Posted by Ed Osteen
Member since Oct 2007
57524 posts
Posted on 4/15/19 at 7:38 am to
Well I can check them off the list of my daily site visits. Their mobile site was already useless, why the frick would I pay for it
Posted by Fat and Happy
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2013
17061 posts
Posted on 4/15/19 at 7:40 am to
If i have to pay for the advocate, i doubt i look at it
Posted by Supermoto Tiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2010
9948 posts
Posted on 4/15/19 at 8:02 am to
quote:

The Advocate on line no longer free

Never looked at it when it was free, so it wont effect me now that they want you to pay.
Posted by 9001
Pools closed
Member since Jul 2017
2087 posts
Posted on 4/15/19 at 8:05 am to
quote:

Quality journalism takes a financial commitment. We can no longer provide our content online for free to non-subscribers of our products


Cancelled my sub years ago and they still deliver daily. I have called several times to let them know and they still deliver.
Posted by Kramer26
St. George, LA
Member since Jan 2005
6404 posts
Posted on 4/15/19 at 8:08 am to
This is going to hurt them. Web traffic will be down. They will become less relevant over the next few years.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
65873 posts
Posted on 4/15/19 at 8:10 am to
Unlike the online Advocate now:

Posted by tss22h8
30.4 N 90.9 W
Member since Jan 2007
18658 posts
Posted on 4/15/19 at 8:13 am to
I only read the site for the DWI arrests.
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