Tear Down This Wall

33 thoughts on “Tear Down This Wall”

1. Spaghetti Hoop February 25, 2015 at 11:47 am

   Won’t miss IT.
2. celticon February 25, 2015 at 11:48 am

   Right-click, “Open In New Private Window”…problem solved.
   1. Peter81 February 25, 2015 at 11:55 am

      Ha! That works. I wonder how much it cost to put that pay wall in.
      1. JimmytheHead February 25, 2015 at 12:04 pm

         hashtag JobBridge
      2. Domestos February 25, 2015 at 12:43 pm

         I think “porous” paywalls are intentional.
3. Bejayziz February 25, 2015 at 11:53 am

   Will downloading a proxy not solve this, change your IP every time you use your free 10, that works for me with the Telegraph anyway
   1. Bejayziz February 25, 2015 at 11:59 am

      It works for the IT too, tryed it there….download Hola or an equivalent for free and read as many as you like
      1. dhaughton99 February 25, 2015 at 12:08 pm

         3 year at 19 quid for vpn. Ends in 2 days.

         Using it on a mac and iPhones, works great, no speed drop and all TV catch up services work. Windows 8 version sucks.

         https://stacksocial.com/sales/vpn-unlimited-premium-plan-3-years-of-hacker-protection-more?aid=a-6wp0y168
         1. James February 25, 2015 at 5:05 pm

            Or you can pay the €15 a month, browse through their archives (donno how much was it before, but it’s pretty cool!) and actually support 100% irish business…
4. shitferbrains February 25, 2015 at 11:54 am

   It kicked in before this morning.
5. Kate o Sullivan February 25, 2015 at 11:56 am

   Got hit with that yesterday afternoon.
6. Slightly Bemused February 25, 2015 at 12:00 pm

   I just did not bother and deleted the app, too. Too much hassle.
7. Dirmius February 25, 2015 at 12:04 pm

   Deleting irishtimes cookies worked for me. Will try the new private window thing next time it pops up.

   Also sent them a one liner email to say it’s been fun but I’ll never pay for content I can easily get elsewhere that often can be better quality. No response thus far.
8. JimmytheHead February 25, 2015 at 12:04 pm

   I can get my lies for free thank you very much.
   1. TheMightyOne February 25, 2015 at 1:38 pm

      such a typical comment out of you, if you disagree with something it’s an out and out lie!!

      don’t ever change, the internet is hilarious cos of that mindset
9. Clampers Outside! February 25, 2015 at 12:08 pm

   How much is it anyway…. for the full shebang… full access online and full digital paper?
10. Joe the Lion February 25, 2015 at 12:12 pm

    Thank Dog. This will be the end for them.
11. ThePQ February 25, 2015 at 12:16 pm

    Use Google Chrome with an icognito browser tab. Problem solved.
    1. collynomial February 25, 2015 at 12:51 pm

       Finally, a use for incognito browsing!
       1. The Old Boy February 26, 2015 at 4:54 am

          Stop sniggering at the back!
12. Soundings February 25, 2015 at 12:19 pm

    The main IT page remains free, and seriously, how many articles would you click on that aren’t covered better at RTE or the Examiner? Miriam Lord and Fintan O’Toole are the only things worth reading at the IT, and they alone won’t cost you anything with 10 free articles a week. And meantime, IT is losing eye-balls by the sackload, and online advertisers are moving to the many free platforms.
    1. Dan February 25, 2015 at 1:06 pm

       I think you just make things up to suit yourself.

       It’s not as if the paper jumped into this with no thought whatsoever. They would have included their main advertisers in the process, researched other news outlets experience and gathered data on usage statistics.

       It’s not as simple as ‘losing eyeballs’. The paper can now give advertisers more detail on their user base; when they are online, what economic and social category the people who will see the ads are in etc. Targeted advertising is much more valuable than a throw it at the wall and see what sticks approach.

       If the ten articles a week does you, that’s great, you’re the reason you get ten free. Others may enjoy their sport or culture coverage. I think Donald Clarke is a pretty competent film reviewer for instance and the second captains provide really good sport coverage that’s irreverent and knowledgeable. Not everyone is going to agree with your opinion on the entire Irish Times writing staff. It seems as though you’ve made your mind up on the quality of the writing without actually reading the paper.

       The idea that quality journalism should be free is losing traction. I have no problem paying for writing that doesn’t make my eyes bleed and is without typos. Free content has given us buzz feed listicles and The Journal. Outlets which posture as journalism but have a very, very low standard of research, historical perspective and writing.

       In fifty years time if you want to look back at how important events of today were covered and experienced where are you going to look? The Journal? 21 Reasons the banking crisis was actually really funny. RTE? Good luck finding an article with more depth than a stolid description of events with no context whatsoever. Go on YouTube and watch a three minute news report if you want, I’d rather read and intelligent, well researched article personally. I have no problem with The Examiner. At least it’s actually a newspaper.

       It might sound a bit w*nkery, but journalism is important for society. It creates a national conversation, it sheds light on important events and it (sometimes) holds the powers to be to account. I think it’s about time we started valuing it. If journalism becomes an attractive career once again brighter minds will be attracted to it and we’ll all see the benefit in the future.

       But if you want to simply feel aggrieved and complain about the quality of a service you don’t pay for without realising you’re part of the reason the quality has dropped, go right ahead. The rest of us might sit back and think about it for five minutes, gather some perspective, put it in context. Maybe even buy a newspaper and get another opinion.

       Or we could just float around the internet from click bait to click bait moaning about how everything should be free.
       1. Monahan Mangan February 25, 2015 at 1:14 pm

          Well said.
       2. Skeptical O'Hare February 25, 2015 at 1:33 pm

          Thank you for taking the time to express a logical view.
          1. Clampers Outside! February 25, 2015 at 2:14 pm

             +1
          2. Dan February 25, 2015 at 2:18 pm

             No problem. I learned it from newspapers.
       3. Gearoid February 25, 2015 at 9:54 pm

          Well put
       4. Joe the Lion February 25, 2015 at 9:59 pm

          Wow you’re a grumpy cat LOL
       5. Kieran NYC February 26, 2015 at 4:22 am

          +1
13. cacotechny February 25, 2015 at 12:36 pm

    … proxy.org is a lot of these websites:
    https://www.undercovertroll.com/
    Over 3,000 working = a lot of Irish Times views.
14. karlypants February 25, 2015 at 12:47 pm

    Right click > Incognito > problem solved

    or this guy: https://twitter.com/Jamie_Farrelly/status/570329806467788800
15. Frilly Keane February 25, 2015 at 2:21 pm

    Would ya even be arsed
16. B February 26, 2015 at 5:28 am

    why would anybody want to go into journalism with these attitudes. at your next pseudo hipster gig in whelans will the tickets be free? Will the t-shirts be free?

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