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  • The problem is that Time and every other news outlet think they are the cats pajamas and deserve your subscription. They suffer a similar problem to streaming platforms except news is not exclusive.

    If these companies could organize and build a “pay once, get access to everything everywhere” model, they would see subscriptions go through the roof and get more money. But since the owners of these news outlets want only their own subscribers to go up, it’s never going to happen.

    I’m not going to pay for 5-10 news subscriptions no matter how great the reporting is.

    But I’d be willing to pay $20 or so a month if that meant I can access any article on any news website.






  • OP, you may be in lawyer territory. Not to sue the insurance company, though it may come to that.

    A lot of these companies will give riff raff (you and me) the run around.

    But once an attorney enters the picture, they have to get their attorneys involved and typically corporate attorneys aren’t cheaper than one you hire. So the incentive to resolve the situation quickly is higher.

    At least for a short time. So a short phone call from your attorney to them will often get the attention of the right people.










  • I’ve known good criminals and bad cops. Bad priests. Honorable thieves. You can be on one side of the law or the other. But if you make a deal with somebody, you keep your word.

    Cyber criminals want to make more money like anyone else. So if they get a reputation of going back on their word, they aren’t going to get their next payday.

    What paying the ransom does is empower their next data exfil and let other hackers know you’re willing to deal.

    I’m not saying there aren’t bad actors out there.

    Fuck Ticketmaster.