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Herald Sun - Paywall

Postby Dirko » Wed Apr 11, 2012 11:35 am

So the HS has got the pay wall going on. Has anyone subscribed to it yet?

Will you? The other sites around ie Adelaide Now will switch to that format too, if it proves successful.

There is a way to get around it too...
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Re: Herald Sun - Paywall

Postby Mythical Creature » Wed Apr 11, 2012 11:45 am

It shits me especially when trying to read stuff like the tackle and supercoach info.

The way around it is easy enough, but it is a hassle to do it on each page.
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Re: Herald Sun - Paywall

Postby Bum Crack » Wed Apr 11, 2012 11:52 am

I just read "The Age" for my footy news now.
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Re: Herald Sun - Paywall

Postby Q. » Wed Apr 11, 2012 12:08 pm

Would never pay for anything the Hun spits out.

If there is a football article I want to read I just use the loophole and most of the time the article turns out to be a piece of poo that makes me wonder why I would ever pay for it in the first place.
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Re: Herald Sun - Paywall

Postby smac » Wed Apr 11, 2012 12:44 pm

Pay for something on the net?

Tell them they're dreaming.
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Re: Herald Sun - Paywall

Postby Westsider » Wed Apr 11, 2012 12:55 pm

smac wrote:Pay for something on the net?

Tell them they're dreaming.


All news sites will be like that eventually.

Easy way around it is to google the article name.
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Re: Herald Sun - Paywall

Postby Dutchy » Wed Apr 11, 2012 1:35 pm

Good article of Media Watch regarding this, worth a look -> http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/video/

So how do you get around it?
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Re: Re: Herald Sun - Paywall

Postby heater31 » Wed Apr 11, 2012 1:37 pm

Dutchy wrote:
So how do you get around it?


Click on link to article then copy url and search on Google click on link and full article appears.....
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Re: Herald Sun - Paywall

Postby story of my life » Wed Apr 11, 2012 1:41 pm

Fair enough I reckon. They only get a gazillion a year from advertising on these sites so poor old Rupert needs the extra cash. With the whole News of the World and pay t.v. hacking scandal he is down to his last 10 billion or so. Almost feel like taking the hat around for him at the footy club Saturday night
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Re: Herald Sun - Paywall

Postby MatteeG » Wed Apr 11, 2012 2:24 pm

Noticed it yesterday when I wanted a look at the Brooklyn Decker pics 8)
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Re: Herald Sun - Paywall

Postby Psyber » Thu Apr 12, 2012 10:47 am

I'm utterly uninterested to paying to read to anything on the net.
Bet no one is surprised... ;)
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Re: Herald Sun - Paywall

Postby Barto » Thu Apr 12, 2012 11:39 am

They're kidding themselves if they think this is going to end well.
It's all the SANFL's fault.
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Re: Herald Sun - Paywall

Postby Westsider » Thu Apr 12, 2012 11:40 am

All news sites will end up this way. Less and less people are buying the paper as most of it is available online anyway.
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Re: Herald Sun - Paywall

Postby Baron Greenback » Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:25 am

Bum Crack wrote:I just read "The Age" for my footy news now.


That's good if you like reading the dribble from Caro's mouth.
I'd rather the Sun any day.
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Re: Herald Sun - Paywall

Postby Dirko » Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:29 am

Dutchy wrote:So how do you get around it?


Copy the headline. then paste it in google, and click on the appropriate link when the search comes up.
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Re: Herald Sun - Paywall

Postby Strawb » Fri Apr 13, 2012 1:13 pm

the herald run that prints nothing but carp
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Re: Herald Sun - Paywall

Postby RustyCage » Fri Apr 13, 2012 1:22 pm

Strawb wrote:the herald run that prints nothing but carp


100x better than the Advertiser!
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Re: Herald Sun - Paywall

Postby Q. » Fri Apr 13, 2012 1:54 pm

pafc1870 wrote:
Strawb wrote:the herald run that prints nothing but carp


100x better than the Advertiser!


Same shit, different masthead.
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Re: Herald Sun - Paywall

Postby RustyCage » Fri Apr 13, 2012 1:56 pm

Q. wrote:
pafc1870 wrote:
Strawb wrote:the herald run that prints nothing but carp


100x better than the Advertiser!


Same shit, different masthead.


At least in the HS I hear about more than two clubs
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