Being overseas it's a bit awkward to peruse the English dailies so I do a fair bit of news browsing on-line. As I settled into my usual Sunday routine the partaking of a bacon & egg toasted butty lathered with butter & HP, all accompanied with a big mug of tea. I began my scrutiny of the daily propaganda on display in the "Sunday Torygraph". After plodding through various niff, naff & trivia, looking to my next tale of woe, I was confronted with a pop up informing me I'd reached my limit of 20 free reads for the
Month & should I wish to continue, I should subscribe & start paying, yes paying GBP 1.99 per month .........
Now I'm assuming this must be a new thing as its never happened to me before (honestly
). So I went elsewhere for my news, "The Independent" actually & as far as I know there was no limitations on their free browsing. So has anyone else had this happen, or is this to be the the future of newspaper reading ? If so, not only will the decline of sales of the dailies on the high street persist, but I believe the on-line audience will also dry up leaving the transfer of information to the tv networks, not ideal in my view.