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Top 50 news websites in the US in July: BBC drops five places as paywall introduced; Most report traffic declines. (datawrapper.dwcdn.net)
submitted 6 days ago by Pro@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] Microw@piefed.zip 34 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I was confused there for a second but apparently the BBC has introduced a paywall only for US users. Site is still completely free to read anywhere else, which is why I didnt even realize that there is a paywall.

Which of course means that US Americans could simply VPN their way around it..

[–] LemmyThinkAboutThat@lemmy.myserv.one 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

This screenshot is from July 2025 when I got hit with a paywall and was served with a ton of cookies, so I set my VPN to UK, lol.

EDIT: This was around the same time as POTUS hit UK with tariffs.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 4 days ago

The BBC has been run as a business now and it's absolutely stupid. It was never meant to make a profit that was never really the point. It was supposed to be a public service and a projection of soft power, that seems to have gone out to the window now.

I suspect a lot of the work at the BBC don't actually agree with this, but management don't listen to anyone.

[–] Zonetrooper@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

This is a little surprising to me because I read it on a daily basis and haven't seen sign of the paywall yet. I don't know if Ublock Origin is simply squashing that as well, or I'm somehow lucky.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

No paywall for me in America. I read the BBC all the time.