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NYTimes Ipad App Overpriced... workarounds?

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whyrichard

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Aug 15, 2002
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Hey,

I am a New York Times digital subscriber, and I enjoy the iphone app and web access as well. I admire the NYTs for successfully setting up a paywall as a means to support quality reporting.

HOWEVER, the IPAD APP IS RIDICULOUSLY OVERPRICED!

I am searching for workarounds... for example:

-Is it possible to get the iphone flipboard app on my ipad? This may sound wonky, but I often use my iphone flipboard app to cruise NYT's, save to the fantastic Pocket app, and open Pocket on my ipad to read the NYTimes. If i can get the iphone flipboard app on my ipad then this could work?

-Is there a better way to read the NYTimes on the ipad outside of their overpriced ipad app, and better then their website?

THANKS for any suggestions!

r.
 
If you want full digital access, you might as well subscribe to home delivery.

The most basic digital access costs 3.75/week for the website and phone app. You can get home delivery, which includes full digital access, starting at 3.85/week.

I don't know if you can share a full digital subscription either, but you can share when you have home delivery. We get the Sunday paper (which despite not wanting it is honestly quite nice - I read tons of articles in the print version I'd never come across in the digital version).

On the other hand, I rarely use the ipad app.
 
Night Spring said:
The app itself is free to download, but in order to use it, you have to pay a subscription price.
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I'm aware of that, but they complained about the price of the app. They are trying to get the content for free. How long will NY Times publish the online version if they do not get compensated?
 
Ashwood11 said:
I'm aware of that, but they complained about the price of the app. They are trying to get the content for free. How long will NY Times publish the online version if they do not get compensated?
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I don't think it's excessive that someone who is already a digital subscriber to a publication should expect that they should get the same access whether through the web or through an app. I am also a subscriber, but it is blatantly obvious that the NYT's subscription model is crafted to prop up paper subscription numbers.

If I am going to pay extra for app access, it'd better be damn good, and the NYT app is terrible.
 
Ashwood11 said:
I'm aware of that, but they complained about the price of the app. They are trying to get the content for free. How long will NY Times publish the online version if they do not get compensated?
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No, they are saying that if they paid $X to see the content on their phone, then why do they have to pay another $X to see it on their tablet? I forget the exact pricing, but basically, getting tablet access + phone access doubles your bill. That, to me, feels like price gouging.
 
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