# Subscribing to The Guardian and other Free news sites

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribing-to-the-guardian-and-other-free-news-sites/961997>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 30, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribing-to-the-guardian-and-other-free-news-sites/961997 "2022-03-30T15:16:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribing-to-the-guardian-and-other-free-news-sites/961997/7 "2022-03-30T17:29:14Z")

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I’ve registered with the Guardian and I have never been blocked from reading a link I’ve found in the wild even if I am not logged in. I actually give them money _because_ they, much more than other outlets, believe in the free information flow, low ad, mostly-text-based news that the Web was meant to be. If they _are_ starting to prevent people from reading a link, even with a free account, that would make me less likely to continue my membership rather than more.

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