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Six years ago, when I first paid for online content, the price of the
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print subscription a couple years ago because the delivery was inconsistent) -- it's good information and it's there when I want it -- the latest price increase has made me almost, but not quite, ready to end my foray into the pay-for-content experiment.
I must now pay $99 (and how's this for a Freudian error: I first typed "not" rather than "now"), the new standard annual subscription rate and a $20 INCREASE from last year. If I were a print subscriber, I'd get a $50 discount off my
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I certainly understand the value of the
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So, if content providers wonder when they've pushed the envelope too far, this is the wall -- at least for me. Not one penny more. And I'm just a little angry with myself for re-upping (although I have two weeks to change my mind).
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