• silence7@slrpnk.netOP
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    About a week ago, the Washington Post started requiring registration in order to access the gift link. You need to give up an email address (eg: a burner for just this purpose) in order to access gifted articles for free.

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      So in other words… not really free. They’re taking your data as part of the equation and giving it an account to be tied to.

      Terminal enshittification.

      Democracy Dies in Billionaires’ Hands.