Pay-walling: Difference between revisions
Created page with "{{Stub}} '''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 unde..." |
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*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 things that are often paywalled are cosmetics and special features that cannot be obtained by playing 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 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 | *[[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. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||