It costs me $10 a month for access to the Washington Post online.

[scarletwoman]

I know for some people that's still too much of a financial burden, but for plenty of others it shouldn't be too high a price to pay to support their excellent journalism.

I have to admit that complaints about their paywall really bug me, when it costs so little to be able to just click on their links without a fuss.

I love and value my WaPo access and wouldn't be without it.

[Bettie]

1. I had to choose and

went with NYT.

Can't afford two at this time.

[tblue37]

2. I also have digital access and find it worthwhile. nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. I have one as well, and I value it a lot!

I also have one to the New York Times, which is also excellent. I love their interactive election return pages.

[scarletwoman]

11. I subscribe to both, also. However, I must say I get much more use out of my WaPo subscription.

The WaPo is cheaper, too!

[malchickiwick]

4. If you have Amazon Prime WaPo is $2.99/month (n/t)

[Hoyt]

7. Did not know that. Thanks.

[proud patriot]

9. Thanks

[Mike 03]

10. Darn, looks like it's gone up in price but it's still a good deal.

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https://www.amazon.com/The-Washington-Post-Digital-Access/dp/B072MHQFJ1

Thanks for the tip! I had no clue there was an Amazon Prime deal for the WaPo.

[Zeus69]

5. I tried to read an article from WaPo today

And was offerred $29 for one year membership

[scarletwoman]

13. That's a really good deal! Less than what I'm paying!

I'd go for it, if I were you!

[Mike 03]

6. I've been thinking about subscribing to the Post.

I subscribe to the NYT but the WaPo is doing some things better.

This morning on Twitter I saw someone complaining to Lenny Bernstein that a new story he'd co-authored for the Post (a great article about the virus) shouldn't be behind a paywall, and he responded that it wasn't behind a paywall, but that good journalism costs money. It does.

[TreasonousBastard]

8. I pay the same, and I pay for the NY Times and New Yorker-- money well spent...

if I ever get broker than I am now, there's always the library.

Howcum our side insists on free stuff all the time while the other side is willing to pay? Could that have something to do with why they win so often?

[progree]

12. I pay for at least a dozen subscriptions, and I certainly don't feel the least bit guilty

about not subscribing to another dozen publications, no matter how worthy. I also give to many organizations, e.g. more than $100,000 (net after tax breaks) to Population Connection in 2016. So yeah, I get a little peeved about being guilt-tripped about not subscribing to yet more periodicals. I can't do it all, I wish I could, but I can't.

[scarletwoman]

14. I don't know why you should feel "guilt-tripped" by my post.

I was merely encouraging those who could afford it, to consider subscribing.

[progree]

15. "I have to admit that complaints about their paywall really bug me, when it costs so little"

feels like guilt-tripping to me.

[scarletwoman]

16. Do you complain about their paywall? If not, the statement doesn't apply to you. (nt)

[progree]

19. And my complaining about sanctimonious talk-down posts doesn't apply to your posts (nt)

[USALiberal]

32. LOL, ok! nt

[sinkingfeeling]

17. I've had a subscription for over 2 years.

[Grasswire2]

18. NYT has a free access available. nt

[scarletwoman]

20. I believe that both NYT and WaPo have free access to all Covid-19 related articles.

I've seen some other publications offering free Covid-19 coverage also.

[crickets]

28. They do, which is performing a civic duty on their part imo.

They have to make money somehow so they charge subscriptions, still they have all of the Covid coverage available free to all. Good on them and the many online papers doing the same.

[HarlanPepper]

44. Very few WaPo articles regarding Covid are free.

The only thing that’s free is their live story updating all the developments as the day progresses. I suppose that’s enough but it’s far short of what the NYT is doing.

[Alacritous Crier]

21. I subscribe to Wapo and a few other online resources...

but I wish there was some king of aggregate company where you could pay a single monthly fee and have access to a package of online papers/sites including at least one or two top tier sites. That would make accessing a wider range of pubs more affordable and keep the cost down to the end user. It can get very expensive tying to keep open multiple subscriptions.

[scarletwoman]

23. I agree with your aggregate idea - I think that would be very handy.

[crickets]

29. Agreed. nt

[Dem2theMax]

22. I sneak around the pay wall.

[LizBeth]

24. A $2 bottle of soda is a huge consideration for me. I am sorry you are bothered I can't throw in

another $10 a month to living expenses that already exceed monthly income.

[scarletwoman]

25. Why would you think I'd be bothered? The first thing I said in my post was that I know it's not

affordable to everybody:

I know for some people that's still too much of a financial burden...

[LizBeth]

26. "I have to admit that complaints about their paywall really bug me, when it costs so little" This.

I did want to say after I posted, I do not feel the need to state I cannot read the article. I understand I have the option of paying, and I have no problem with newspapers wanting to be paid or others posting an Op from these publication. I read thru comments to see if I can gather some info, otherwise, my loss.

[lame54]

27. Screw Bezos greed...

It could be a pet project of journalistic integrity and a loss leader

[ancianita]

34. EXACTLY. I can afford WaPo, BUT. Bezos, richest dude on the planet, can afford to make it Free

even more.


Bezos can afford his entire WaPo business, and write it off as a loss as part of all the taxes he doesn't pay.

[4now]

30. Do they charge for every device?

Would I need to have a separate subscription for my desktop, tablet and phone?
That would be kind of expensive for me.

[scarletwoman]

31. You'd have a single account with one username and password - I don't see why it wouldn't work for

all your devices.

[Celerity]

33. it works for any device you use nt

[LymphocyteLover]

35. easy way to avoid that is to use a separate vbrowser where you can easily clear cookies

and not lose anything. You can get around the paywall that way.

I used to do it for the NYTimes but my wife finally subscribed.

Download a different browser, and surf the WaPo that way.

[scarletwoman]

36. I have no desire to cheat, I'd rather support them by paying.

Such work-arounds are fine for people who really can't afford to pay for a subscription, but if a person actually can afford a subscription, I think it's really a kind of theft.

Obviously, YMMV.

[LymphocyteLover]

41. Yes, I agree. I'm just saying someone could do that if they are desperate.

I do believe in paying for journalism, though big outlets don't need the money as much as the smaller local ones, of course.

[Gothmog]

37. I also have digital subscription

I love my subscription

[Mike Niendorff]

38. Supporting good journalism is critical.

After 2016, one of the first things I did was subscribe to both the Washington Post and the NYT.

I'm fortunate to be in a position to do it, and the work they do is critical for our country.

Well worth the price.

(And the same goes for supporting DU.)


MDN

[herding cats]

39. Mine is $4.99 a month via Amazon.

I don't know if others can still get this deal, but if you are am Amazon Prime member it's worth looking into.

[Hortensis]

40. Me too. Plus, most papers/journals offer free newsletters,

including a lot of expensive ones I'd never subscribe to, and some provide free links to the full articles that are otherwise blocked.

Between that and the handful of "free access" articles many offer each month, a whole lot of subscription journalism is available. Want to follow a link to The Atlantic but used up your articles for the month? (I do this all the time. We're currently without a subscription, though it's on my gift list.) Google the subject and read about it from the Boston Globe, Washington Monthly, or The Times of Israel. Whatever.

[HarlanPepper]

42. The regular paywall doesn't bother me at all. It's a business.

But they’ve been aggressively stingy with the content they make available during a national crisis relative to the NYT. I find that kind of annoying.

[Demsrule86]

43. I support WPO also.