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'''Pay-walling''' or '''paywalling''' consists of the action of setting a restriction to part of the content from a software or a service that can be only accessed if the user pays a one-time purchase or a suscription. This restriction of features that require payment are known as '''paywalls'''. Paywalling is a very common practice on websites, video games and on [[software as a service]].

==How it works==

~~Companies or developers can add or block features under a paywall in~~ order to increase their revenue.

In order to increase their revenue, several companies or developers have embraced the pay-walling practices.

Some companies set paywalls since the release of their products or services but there are also some of them that set paywalls after some time.

==Why it is a problem==

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==Examples==

*Paywalls are a common thing in video games, specially in games targeted for mobile devices. Some paywalled ~~things~~ that are often paywalled are cosmetics and ~~special features~~ that cannot be obtained by playing a free-to-play user.

*Paywalls are a common thing in video games, specially in games targeted for mobile devices. Some paywalled features that are often paywalled are cosmetics, and characters or items with powerful attributes that cannot be obtained by playing as a free-to-play user.

*Several newspaper websites paywall their articles by limiting the viewers the amount of articles they can read or by allowing them to see only a portion of the article. An [https://gitflic.ru/project/magnolia1234/bpc_uploads open-source extension] compatible with Chromium-based and Firefox-based browsers allows to avoid paywalls from most of the newspaper websites.

*Several newspaper websites paywall their articles by limiting the viewers the amount of articles they can read for free or by allowing them to see only a portion of the article. An [https://gitflic.ru/project/magnolia1234/bpc_uploads open-source extension] compatible with Chromium-based and Firefox-based browsers allows to avoid paywalls from most of the newspaper websites.

*[[Consent-or-pay]] is an ~~aggresive~~ form of ~~paywall~~ used by some websites~~, disabling~~ web ~~trackers~~ and cookies ~~only~~ if the user pays a ~~suscription~~.

*[[Consent-or-pay]] is an aggressive form of paywalling user privacy that is used by some websites. The sites that use this method only allow to disable web tracking and [[Web cookie|cookies]] if the user pays for a subscription.

*[[Tesla]] has locked some car features that used to be free, such as [[Tesla switches full self-driving to subscription only |full-self driving features]] under a subscription paywall and [[Tesla locks horsepower behind paywall |additional horsepower]] under a $2000 one-time purchase paywall.

==References==

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 '''Pay-walling''' or '''paywalling''' consists of the action of setting a restriction to part of the content from a software or a service that can be only accessed if the user pays a one-time purchase or a suscription. This restriction of features that require payment are known as '''paywalls'''. Paywalling is a very common practice on websites, video games and on [[software as a service]].
 ==How it works==
-Companies or developers can add or block features under a paywall in order to increase their revenue.
+In order to increase their revenue, several companies or developers have embraced the pay-walling practices.
+Some companies set paywalls since the release of their products or services but there are also some of them that set paywalls after some time.
 ==Why it is a problem==
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 ==Examples==
-*Paywalls are a common thing in video games, specially in games targeted for mobile devices. Some paywalled things that are often paywalled are cosmetics and special features that cannot be obtained by playing a free-to-play user.
+*Paywalls are a common thing in video games, specially in games targeted for mobile devices. Some paywalled features that are often paywalled are cosmetics, and characters or items with powerful attributes that cannot be obtained by playing as a free-to-play user.
-*Several newspaper websites paywall their articles by limiting the viewers the amount of articles they can read or by allowing them to see only a portion of the article. An [https://gitflic.ru/project/magnolia1234/bpc_uploads  open-source extension] compatible with Chromium-based and Firefox-based browsers allows to avoid paywalls from most of the newspaper websites.
+*Several newspaper websites paywall their articles by limiting the viewers the amount of articles they can read for free or by allowing them to see only a portion of the article. An [https://gitflic.ru/project/magnolia1234/bpc_uploads open-source extension] compatible with Chromium-based and Firefox-based browsers allows to avoid paywalls from most of the newspaper websites.
-*[[Consent-or-pay]] is an aggresive form of paywall used by some websites, disabling web trackers and cookies only if the user pays a suscription.
+*[[Consent-or-pay]] is an aggressive form of paywalling user privacy that is used by some websites. The sites that use this method only allow to disable web tracking and [[Web cookie|cookies]] if the user pays for a subscription.
+*[[Tesla]] has locked some car features that used to be free, such as [[Tesla switches full self-driving to subscription only |full-self driving features]] under a subscription paywall and [[Tesla locks horsepower behind paywall |additional horsepower]] under a $2000 one-time purchase paywall.
 ==References==