[litver]

Quote: "ad-based financing means that the companies have an interest in manipulating our attention on behalf of advertisers, instead of letting us connect as we wish." - and right after that there's an ad, for me it has a taste of hypocrisy. Why does nyt let the ads in, instead of letting me read as I wish?

[gonvaled]

The alternative is to pay, not "read as you wish". And I think NYT has that option (but I do not know if that is ad-free)