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  • Comics Kingdom slams down the paywall

    From Dave Van Domelen@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 13 05:11:29 2022
    Now you can view three strips, then it covers the strips with "Keep Reading with Premium Access". However, the "Buy a Print" link still has the full sized strip just displayed tiny, so you can right click to open in
    another tab and see the full strip anyway...for now, at least.

    Given how crappy Comics Kingdom's website has been over the years in
    terms of breaking down and stuff, I'm not inclined to give them any money.

    Dave Van Domelen, only follows four strips on CK anyway, even if they
    plug the loophole.

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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to Dave Van Domelen on Fri May 13 17:50:42 2022
    On 2022-05-13 05:11:29 +0000, Dave Van Domelen said:

    Now you can view three strips, then it covers the strips with "Keep Reading with Premium Access". However, the "Buy a Print" link still has the full sized strip just displayed tiny, so you can right click to open in another tab and see the full strip anyway...for now, at least.

    Given how crappy Comics Kingdom's website has been over the years in terms of breaking down and stuff, I'm not inclined to give them any money.

    Dave Van Domelen, only follows four strips on CK anyway, even if they plug the loophole.

    I'm not getting an paywall block. I've just visited about a dozen
    different random strips (same author and different authors). Maybe it's
    because I use an ad-blocker with my browser.

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  • From Carl Fink@21:1/5 to Your Name on Fri May 13 16:51:56 2022
    On 2022-05-13, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    On 2022-05-13 05:11:29 +0000, Dave Van Domelen said:

    Now you can view three strips, then it covers the strips with "Keep
    Reading with Premium Access". However, the "Buy a Print" link still has the >> full sized strip just displayed tiny, so you can right click to open in
    another tab and see the full strip anyway...for now, at least.

    Given how crappy Comics Kingdom's website has been over the years in
    terms of breaking down and stuff, I'm not inclined to give them any money. >>
    Dave Van Domelen, only follows four strips on CK anyway, even if they >> plug the loophole.

    I'm not getting an paywall block. I've just visited about a dozen
    different random strips (same author and different authors). Maybe it's because I use an ad-blocker with my browser.

    There are reports that a mere private tab/incognito window can dodge the
    strip counter.
    --
    Carl Fink carl@finknetwork.com https://reasonablyliterate.com https://nitpicking.com If you want to make a point, somebody will take the point and stab you with it.
    -Kenne Estes

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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to Carl Fink on Sat May 14 10:07:59 2022
    On 2022-05-13 16:51:56 +0000, Carl Fink said:

    On 2022-05-13, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    On 2022-05-13 05:11:29 +0000, Dave Van Domelen said:

    Now you can view three strips, then it covers the strips with "Keep
    Reading with Premium Access". However, the "Buy a Print" link still has the
    full sized strip just displayed tiny, so you can right click to open in
    another tab and see the full strip anyway...for now, at least.

    Given how crappy Comics Kingdom's website has been over the years in
    terms of breaking down and stuff, I'm not inclined to give them any money. >>>
    Dave Van Domelen, only follows four strips on CK anyway, even if they
    plug the loophole.

    I'm not getting an paywall block. I've just visited about a dozen
    different random strips (same author and different authors). Maybe it's
    because I use an ad-blocker with my browser.

    There are reports that a mere private tab/incognito window can dodge the strip counter.

    You could probably find the browser cookie and just delete it as well.
    I do that with another website (Wired.com?? I can't remember now) that
    tries to make you pay after reading a few articles for free ...
    stupidly for them, the cookie uses the same name as the website, so it
    is easily found and deleted when the page shows the "pay" message, and
    then refreshing the page to read it all.

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