[dfdz]

It’s much worse than you are describing: NYT put wirecutter behind a two layer paywall.

They no longer let regular NYT subscribers from accessing Wirecutter, one has to buy an extra subscription (I assume almost everyone buying this will also pay for basic NYT access so it is effectively a two layer pay wall)

https://www.nytimes.com/subscription/wirecutter

This is part of NYT plan to divide their content into different groups and charge a subscription for each.

I am not sure if this strategy is smart or not, but my gut feeling is that it is a horrible strategy, and could hurt customer retention rates.

[secabeen]

They did the same with the crosswords and other puzzles.