Paying for it - subscription websites

[grey_lady]

I vaguely remember hearing something on the news last week about one of the Rubert Murdoch paper sites that's going to start charging for access.

Recently I've had one forum that I'm a member of demand that you pay a hefty fee to sign up or bugger off and today another one followed suit and frankly I'm concerned that a lot of content sites might follow the same pattern.

Anyone else concerned?

[cojak]

No.

Most sites I frequent it's the contributors that make the content, not the owners.

Times Online is a cut-down version of the paper (I know 'cos I've compared the 2 on occasion..).

If they want a subscription I'd rather just buy the paper...

[jmo21]

I've never paid for access to a website, and I never will.

There are too many other sites out there. If it was real niche, then maybe, but I doubt it.

[grey_lady]

Supposing more and more websites go that way?

[cojak]

there will always be Those That Don't...

[PRC1964]

Supposing more and more websites go that way?

New free to view sites will appear.

[Cliphead]

One forum I was a member of for years started charging recently, I didn't bother subscribing.

[Bagpuss]

Have you paid your subs for CUK tonight?

[grey_lady]

'Have you paid your subs for CUK tonight?' - it will probably come to it in a few months, in the meantime you can just sent me your payments via paypal.

[Board Game Geek]

Perhaps if CUK went the way of paid subs, then it'd put off a lot of the trolls and timewasters, and leave serious folks as the only ones who'd bother to subscribe ?