I’ve noticed around the blogs that I read (and in particular here) that BugMeNot has been brought down by its hosts. Well that’s fantastic news if you’re in the newspaper business. If you’re a regular consumer then of course it’s less-good. As the number of sites that force users to “register” has increased dramatically over the last little while, it was important (for me) to have a way around the registration procedure. Why should I have to give personal information to read an article in your newspaper? I have ad blocking enabled for my browser so any of the “targeted ads” that you’d want to push to me probably won’t even be seen by these eyes. When I read your newspaper in the library or at Chapters, do I need to register there too? Not the last time I checked. It’s very unfortunate that the “big media” companies are winning this war. I can dream for the day when all newspaper content is available to me but I know that day won’t be coming around the mountain soon.
Update: It seems (from this Boing Boing post) that BugMeNot will be back up again with a few days. That’s great news!
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