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I got an ad.... in the paid version of new york times. (gregtech.eu)
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I'm not going to deal with this, unsubscribing. I recommend everyone else to do the same, we can't let them get away with this. You can instead donate to an actually good news source, such as ProPublica. And nyt has a bunch of controversies, listed here. I can't support this with a clear conscience.

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[-] RoomTempCoffee@lemmy.cafe 7 points 3 months ago

It's been like that on The Athletic ever since they got bought out by NYT. If they didn't knock the price of my annual sub down to $20 when I went to cancel it, I'd already have gotten rid of it. After this discount year though, I'm done.

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