“You’ve read your last free article.”
Do they know how ominous that sounds? It reads like they got mad at my freeloading and sent out a hitman.
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vision@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 hours ago
The last time I opened the Wired site was like 10 years ago, it’s still telling me “You’ve read your last free article.” See you in 2036 ig
floofloof@lemmy.ca 7 hours ago
jsnfwlr@lemmy.ml 5 hours ago Or they know the date and time of your very natural death…
You’ve read your last free article. We suggest going to the doctor for a full workup. Screen for everything. Get a will drawn up. Hug your kids.
Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 4 hours ago
Hug your kids
…while you still can.
Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 9 hours ago
Wow they gave you a time to come back, they have just said I have surpassed my 5 free articles for years now, I think it is because I am using a “DNS sink hole”/adblocker I do not care enough to turn my pihole off just to try and read it.
I have gotten a static IP, and clear my cache regularly since my last attempt to read a wired article so it is not that they are using anything to see that I have tried them before.
trolololol@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Na I have regular DNS and I can’t read from wired for years too
chagall@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Ha. Here’s the direct source: citizenlab.ca/…/how-discover-tech-turned-targeted…
This reads like a dystopian fever dream, fuck me.