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The Guardian now blocks privacy settings behind a paywall. And you still see adverts if you pay.
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The normal paid one (~£15 a month or £150 a year) is still fully ad-free, and can be (officially) shared with "a few friends and family". This looks like a new "pay less but have adverts" subscription option, which is obviously a bit shitty and questionable.
It's a bit pricey, but it's one of the few British news sources without a right wing bias, and we need it to still exist.
It doesn't excuse the privacy paywall though.
They’re still rife with TERFs, they sacked Carole Cadwalladr, and now they’re pivoting to AI, so I wouldn’t give them a penny.
All very fair points. The recent Observer sell-out raised a few alarms for me, though I'm still currently a subscriber, though looking at what my other options are.
I'm American and I pay for an annual Guardian membership.