Ask HN: What's a good alternative to The Verge now it's login-gated? For the last few years I’ve mainly just checked The Verge for the latest tech news. Alas, I will not be creating an account just to browse. |
Ask HN: What's a good alternative to The Verge now it's login-gated? For the last few years I’ve mainly just checked The Verge for the latest tech news. Alas, I will not be creating an account just to browse. |
The Verge is a great site, it was an easy decision to pay to be a member.
My understanding is that most publications like this have declining financials. More competition, functional replacements in the market, declining search traffic, changing audience preferences. The pay wall is to try to re-capture some of that lost rev to keep things going. They have some free articles about this and have talked about it on their podcast.