On 26 June 2012 19:33, Brent Wallis <brent.wallis@gmail.com> wrote:
I don't mind paying for my news....but I WILL NOT use a digital source to get it if I have to pay with my visa.
An issue I have is that an extra login will be required. So one option is that I keep this login secure and only login from trusted computers from environments with no risk of having people watch as I type in my password. This means I won't get to read the paper as often as before. Or I ignore the security issues, and enter the password anywhere on any computer, and the chances of somebody being able to steal the password increase. For many people this will be a shared password that is used by other systems. Another issue is that I, probably would end up paying to watch all this dodgy advertising, none of it ever holding any interest to me. Or the decreasing quality of the journalism. These are both real reasons why I don't get the paper in dead tree format as often as I otherwise would. e.g. The Saturday Age is higher cost, and for for this you get even more advertising, at least last I looked. Not to mention I won't be able to share links to articles with other people who I think might be interested. People get stuck behind this idea that people won't pay for the sake of not paying, however I don't think that is the issue here. I would seriously consider paying for a good quality product. The changes will be good for me, because I won't pay, and as a result will end up with more time :-) -- Brian May <brian@microcomaustralia.com.au>